State v. Abe

¶1 Scott Michael Abe appeals from the Fourth Judicial District Court’s denial of his petition for postconviction relief. We affirm.

¶2 The factual background concerning this matter is fully set forth in this Court’s decision in State v. Abe, 1998 MT 206, 290 Mont. 393, 965 P.2d 882, and will not be restated here. Procedurally, Abe and his father, Chris Leonard Hansen, were charged in Mineral County for the offense of deliberate homicide for the death of Nanette Hansen. The cases of Abe and Hansen were severed and both set for separate trials. The State filed an Amended Information in which it…