BOZEMAN – The Gallatin County Attorney’s office filed a notice Friday withdrawing the Death Penalty request in the Patricia Batts case. Batts is charged with the death of her 12-year-old grandson, James Alex Hurley, in West Yellowstone in 2020. The last execution in Montana happened in 2006. Batts’ jury trial is currently scheduled for July 10 through Aug. 4, 2023.
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