Jury convicts St. Marks of attempted deliberate homicide

A jury in state District Court in Havre found 22-year-old Nevada St. Marks guilty Friday afternoon of attempted deliberate homicide.

The jury began deliberating about 8:30 a.m. Friday morning and reached a decision shortly before noon.

Sentencing is scheduled for July 28 at 10 a.m.

Hill County Attorney Jessica Cole-Hodgkinson and St. Marks' attorney Steven Scott argued for three days, beginning Tuesday, on the charges of attempted deliberate homicide or, in the alternative, assault with a weapon, both felonies.

Cole-Hodgkinson called six witnesses to the stand during the trial - three of them...