State v. Russell

¶1 Richard Russell was convicted of attempted deliberate homicide after a jury trial in the Twenty-First Judicial District Court, Ravalli County. He appeals from the District Court’s judgment and commitment and we affirm.

¶2 The issues on appeal are:

¶3 1. Whether Russell was denied his right to effective assistance of counsel when his attorney failed to challenge for cause a relative of the victim and used two peremptory challenges to strike jurors outside the jury pool.

¶4 2. Whether there was sufficient evidence to convict Russell of attempted deliberate homicide.

BACKGROUND

¶5 On December 29,…