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March trial date set for Crow Reservation double homicide

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge has set a March trial date for a 19-year-old Wyoming man charged with killing a couple on the Crow Indian Reservation in July 2015.

Jesus Deniz Mendoza’s trial had been set for Jan. 9, but the defense asked for a delay because their expert witnesses could not be available then.

The Billings Gazette reports U.S. District Judge Susan Watters held a scheduling c...