Lewis and Clark County judge declares mistrial in Crites case; tentative retrial in 2024
New trial tentatively set for Jan. 8.
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New trial tentatively set for Jan. 8.
One day after closing statements, the jury in the Leon Ford murder trial says they are deadlocked. Prosecutors accused Ford of murdering and dismembering John "Mike" Crites in 2011.
The fate of Leon Ford is now in the hands of a Lewis and Clark County jury. Ford’s three-week-long deliberate homicide trial wrapped up early Tuesday afternoon in Helena.
Mike Crites was last heard from on June 26, 2011. Since then, Turk Road neighbor Leon Ford was charged with his killing and went to trial in June.
On Monday the defense rested in the trial for the 2011 killing of John Michael “Mike” Crites, which began on June 1