State v. Zlahn

¶1 Robert Zlahn (Zlahn) appeals from the judgment of the Montana Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Yellowstone County, sentencing him to Montana State Prison for a total of thirty years, with five suspended, after a jury convicted him of three felonies: Assault with a weapon, criminal endangerment, and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence.

ISSUES

¶2 We affirm and review the following issues:

1. Should we exercise plain error review to consider Zlahn’s contention that the failure to immediately assign him counsel violated his constitutional and statutory rights?

2. Did the District…