State v. Richard Peart

¶ 1 Richard Peart (Peart) appeals his conviction of one count of incest in the Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County. The District Court sentenced Peart to 100 years in the Montana State Prison with a possibility of parole after fifty years. The District Court designated Peart a Level 3 sexual offender. We affirm.

¶2 Peart raises the following issues:

¶3 Did Peart’s trial counsel fail to subject the State’s case to meaningful adversarial testing at sentencing and thereby render ineffective assistance of counsel?

¶4 Did Peart’s trial counsel render ineffective assistance of counsel by…