State v. Harley Howard

¶1 On September 24, 2009, the State charged Harley Howard (Howard) with Incest (common scheme) for acts he allegedly committed against his daughter, D.H., from 2003 to 2005, when she was between six and eight years old. Following a jury trial in the First Judicial District Court, Lewis and Clark County, Howard was convicted of the charge on December 17, 2009. The District Court sentenced Howard to forty years in Montana State Prison with twenty years suspended. He appeals his conviction and his sentence. We consider the following issues on appeal:

¶2 1. Whether Howard was denied effective…