Porter v. State

¶1 Appellant Steven Porter was convicted of criminal endangerment, a felony, in violation of § 45-5-207, MCA (1997), negligent endangerment, a misdemeanor, in violation of § 45-5-208, MCA (1997), and misdemeanor assault, in violation of § 45-5-201(1), MCA (1997), in the Twenty-First Judicial District Court, Ravalli County. Porter filed a petition for post-conviction relief, in which he alleged that several errors resulted in his conviction, and that he received ineffective *151assistance of counsel. The District Court granted Porter’s petition with regard to his counsel’s ineffective assistance…