State v. Von Ferguson

PARRISH, Justice:

€ 1 The State charged Michael Von Ferguson with violating a protective order, attempted murder, and related offenses. The protective order charge was enhanced to a felony because Ferguson had previously been convicted of that same charge. 1 A magistrate bound Ferguson over for trial, but the district court reduced the protective order charge to a misdemeanor after concluding that Ferguson's prior conviction had been entered in violation of his Sixth Amendment right to counsel. In doing so, the district court held that the State bore the burden of establishing the validity of…