State v. Tome

Defendant Tome appeals a bench conviction for burglary and criminal mischief in the Eighth Judicial District, Cascade County. On April 11,1986, Tome was sentenced to a prison term of ten years for burglary and ten years for criminal mischief, to run concurrently. Tome was also sentenced to ten years as a persistent felony offender, to run consecutively.

Tome presents two issues for our review:

1. Does substantial evidence support Tome’s conviction?

2. Did Tome receive effective assistance of counsel?

In the early evening of March 27, 1985, the clubhouse of the Anaconda Hills Golf Course in Great…