State v. Rose

¶1 A jury in the Fourteenth Judicial District Court, Musselshell County, found Richard Wesley Rose guilty of criminal possession of dangerous drugs and accountability for an aggravated burglary. He appeals. We reverse and remand in part and affirm in part.

¶2 The issues are whether Rose’s counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to request a jury instruction that the testimony of Ross Albrecht must be viewed with distrust, and whether there was sufficient evidence to convict Rose on each of the two charges against him. Because we conclude that Rose was not accorded effective…