Suspect in tribal leader's death sentenced
The Associated Press | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 12 years, 2 months AGO
POLSON (AP) — A man whose conviction was overturned in the killing of a former tribal chairman has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for probation violations.
The sentence for Clifford Oldhorn, 26, was due to violating terms of his suspended sentence on a 2005 conviction on burglary, theft and deceptive practices by consuming alcohol and possessing ammunition.
A jury convicted Oldhorn in 2011 in the slaying of 73-year-old Harold Mitchell Jr., a former Salish and Kootenai tribal chairman.
District Judge C.B. McNeil overturned the conviction after ruling Oldhorn’s jailhouse confession was inadmissible. McNeil has ordered a new trial. The state is appealing McNeil’s ruling.
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