Opinion ID: 884948
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Text: ¶ 5 The State of Montana (State) charged Hanson by information with one count of felony sexual assault and one count of felony deviate sexual conduct. After a four-day trial in March of 1995, the jury found Hanson guilty on both counts. ¶ 6 Hanson subsequently moved for a new trial based on the court's alleged error in admitting, and his attorney's failure to object to, the testimony of the victim, the victim's therapist and Detective Lamb. The court denied the motion, Hanson appealed and we affirmed. See State v. Hanson (1997), 283 Mont. 316, 940 P.2d 1166. ¶ 7 On June 30, 1998, Hanson petitioned the District Court for postconviction relief on the basis of ineffective assistance of counsel. Hanson later amended his petition to assert that, in light of State v. Weaver, 1998 MT 167, 290 Mont. 58, 964 P.2d 713, his jury trial was fundamentally unfair because the trial court failed to instruct the jury that it had to reach a unanimous verdict as to at least one specific underlying act of sexual assault or deviate sexual conduct for each count charged. ¶ 8 The District Court denied Hanson's petition for postconviction relief and Hanson appeals.