Millard County Sheriff’s deputies watch over a field in November 2017 where a hunter was shot during a goose hunt. The man later died and a member of his group was charged with negligent homicide.

Holdout juror forces prosecutor to refile case; August retrial set

A mistrial was declared in a negligent homicide case heard by a Millard County jury last month.

The 4th District Court trial ended after a six-person jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict in the Class A misdemeanor case against Adam McDermaid, who was charged in the Nov. 17, 2017 accidental shooting death of Tygh Backer.

One juror voted not guilty, while five others voted to convict.

Backer died after suffering a shotgun blast to his upper body during a goose hunting excursion with four friends near Delta.

According to the facts laid out by the trial, McDermaid at first hadn’t…