Trial is set to begin in April for a 24-year-old Nevada man who is charged with negligent homicide in the death of another man at a party in July 2011.
Mario Juan Drake had earlier pleaded guilty to negligent homicide in the death of Cody Palmer, but former District Judge Thomas McKittrick rejected a plea agreement that called for a 10-year sentence with the Department of Corrections with six suspended.
Prosecutors allege Drake punched Palmer in the neck on July 3, 2011, causing Palmer to fall down some stairs and strike his head on the sidewalk. Palmer died of his injuries later that evening.
Drake's trial is scheduled to start April 1.
April 1 trial set in Great Falls fall death
CASCADE COUNTY
POSTED: 8:40 AM Feb 26 2013
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