State v. Hull

CHRISTIANSEN, Judge:

¶1 Defendant Travis Britton Hull appeals from his conviction for burglary, charged as a second-degree felony. He argues that his constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel was violated because his trial counsel failed to request an instruction regarding a lesser included offense of criminal trespass. Because a decision not to request such instruction was objectively reasonable in this case, we conclude that Defendant has failed to show that the assistance he received from counsel was constitutionally ineffective. We therefore affirm.

BACKGROUND

¶2 One…