Montana Supreme Court Overturns Sidney’s Homicide Conviction
Kyle Severson shot Tyler Hayden outside a Sidney convenience store on July 2, 2019.
A jury convicted him of mitigated deliberate homicide and a judge sentenced him to 40 years in prison.
But even the judge noted the prosecutor’s handling of the case had been “a disaster,” and appellate attorneys for Severson claimed that prosecutors withheld evidence that later showed Severson had

