Court hears convicted killer's appeal

SANDPOINT — The North Dakota Supreme Court is considering an appeal filed by a former Bonner County man convicted of murder, according to the Bismarck Tribune.

Jonathan Peter Horvath is serving a life sentence without parole after being convicted of murder, reckless endangerment and two counts of terrorizing and prohibited possession of a firearm.

A jury convicted Horvath of the offenses after jury trial in December 2014.

The charges arose from a deadly confrontation outside a strip club in Williston, N.D., in March 2013. The clash involved a group Horvath was in and a group Derrick Spiegel was in.

Horvath armed himself with a pistol during the confrontation and Spiegel was shot to death. Horvath stated he never meant to shoot Spiegel and that the handgun discharged accidentally during the struggle.

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