State v. Cobell

¶1 Gary Cobell (Cobell) pled guilty, pursuant to a plea agreement, to possession of a deadly weapon by a prisoner in a facility, a felony, in violation of § 45-8-318, MCA (1999), and was sentenced to five years to the Department of Corrections (DOC) to be served consecutively to his other sentences. Appearing pro se, Cobell filed a petition for postconviction relief in the Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County, claiming that his counsel had been ineffective. The District Court summarily dismissed the petition. Cobell appeals this dismissal. We affirm.

¶2 The sole issue on appeal is as…