State v. Sellner

In proceedings before the Twentieth Judicial District Court, Lake County, Gordon D. Sellner was charged with attempted deliberate homicide and criminal endangerment. A jury found him guilty of attempted deliberate homicide, and he appeals. We affirm.

Sellner argues that his trial counsel failed to request jury instructions on attempted mitigated deliberate homicide and aggravated assault as lesser included offenses, thus violating Sellner’s right to effective assistance of counsel.

BACKGROUND

On the evening of June 27,1992, a Lake County, Montana, resident called the local sheriff’s office to…