Criminal Law
A Montana Man Is Sentenced to a State Hospital For His Mother’s Killing
A Montana judge sentenced a Billings man to 75 years custody of the state health department for the murder of his mother and other crimes.
Judge Michael Moses sentenced Beau Daniel Papin, 21, in state district court on Friday, after declaring that the defendant who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia was in no condition to realize the severity of his crimes, The Billings Gazette reported.
Papin was charged with deliberate homicide in the Jan 11, 2021 killing of his 41-year-old mother, Jessica. In August, he entered a plea acknowledging there was enough evidence to convict him but not admitting guilt.
