State v. Auld

¶1 William Auld (Auld) appeals the judgment and sentence entered in the Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County, upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of assault and tampering with a witness. We affirm.

¶2 We consider the following issues on appeal:

¶3 Should this Court exercise plain error review to examine whether the State improperly combined two instances of tampering with a witness into a single criminal charge, thereby depriving Auld of his constitutional right to a unanimous jury verdict?

¶4 Did Auld’s counsel render ineffective assistance by stipulating that an official…