State v. Kougl

¶1 Mark Robert Kougl appeals from a conviction of Operation of Unlawful Clandestine Laboratory. We reverse.

¶2 We restate the issues on appeal as:

¶3 Is Kougl’s ineffective assistance of counsel claim properly before us on direct appeal, or is a postconviction proceeding the proper forum?

¶4 Whether Kougl’s trial counsel provided ineffective assistance because she failed to request jury instructions regarding accomplice testimony.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶5 On July 17, 2002, Kougl was arrested at the scene of a methamphetamine lab in Great Falls. The lab was the home of Colt Loney and…