State v. Pittman

¶1 A jury convicted Paul Pittman of attempted residential burglary. He appeals, arguing the jury instructions were based on an incorrect definition of attempted residential burglary and his counsel was ineffective because he did not request lesser included offense instructions. The jury instructions as a whole, including the “to convict” instruction, adequately informed the jury of the applicable law. But attempted first degree criminal trespass is a lesser included offense of attempted residential burglary, and the evidence at trial supported an inference that Pittman intended only to…