State v. Wardell

¶1 Kim Wardell (Wardell) was convicted by a Flathead County jury for failing to register as a sex offender. Wardell had previously been convicted of a felony in South Dakota, and was sentenced as a persistent felony offender. He was originally sentenced to forty-five years in prison with thirty years suspended. He appealed; however, this Court concluded his counsel had not properly preserved the issues for appeal and declined to address Wardell’s arguments. State v. Wardell, 2001 MT 148N, 306 Mont. 534. Wardell then filed a petition for post-conviction relief alleging ineffective assistance…