http://mtcrimlaw.com A Montana criminal defense blog. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:17:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Is it a conflict of interest for the Regional Deputy Public Defender in a region to be the son of one of the few District Court judges in that region? The Cascade County Attorney is saying he thinks it is. Is this a stunt by the CAO to give its ... http://mtcrimlaw.com/2008/04/22/conflict-of-interest/ The Billings media is all abuzz about a nearby small town cop who arrested someone for misdemeanor DUI and negligent endangerment after the cop shot at the guy through the windshield of his own patrol car. Yeah. Video available at the above link, w/more here and here. Also in the local ... http://mtcrimlaw.com/2008/04/20/local-loco-cop/ Almost anyone involved with the Office of the State Public Defender in Montana can tell you: This first 18 months has been a little rocky. There's not enough money and that means there's not enough people or other resources to fulfill the mandates set for the Office by the legislature ... http://mtcrimlaw.com/2008/03/30/it-could-always-get-worse/ A young man in Evergreen, MT (near Kalispell) is being charged with negligent homicide after a 19-month old girl he was supposed to be watching allegedly picked up the loaded pistol he had beside him on his bed and ended up shot in the head when he tried to grab ... http://mtcrimlaw.com/2008/03/09/we-need-more-guns/ Stearns was represented in court by public defender Carl Jensen, who tried to persuade McKittrick not to impose a life sentence because Stearns is appealing his Ravalli County conviction to the Montana Supreme Court. ⇒ http://mtcrimlaw.com/2008/02/22/trail-rapist-resentenced-to-life/ NJ: The former head of the Hudson County Public Defender's Office was expected to be sworn in last night as an Essex County Superior Court judge in a ceremony in Newark. ⇒ Crazy. I can't see anything like this ever happening here... http://mtcrimlaw.com/2008/01/20/ex-defender-in-hudson-now-judge/ NH: But does wealth mean a superior defense in capital murder cases, which can cost between $1 million and $3 million to defend? The answer depends on whom you ask. ⇒ http://mtcrimlaw.com/2008/01/14/best-defense-money-can-buy/ Salvagni, 60, announced his intention Friday to seek a third term when voters go to the polls in November. The two-term district judge is currently running unopposed. Each term is six years. ⇒ http://mtcrimlaw.com/2008/01/12/salvagni-seeks-reelection-to-the-bench/ Justice of the Peace Donald Strine ruled that officers who aided in the rescue needed a search warrant before removing the dogs, who were discovered living in a sea of their own feces and urine inside four dilapidated mobile homes and camp trailers a mile off Blue Slide Road west ... http://mtcrimlaw.com/2008/01/12/charges-dropped-against-woman-with-64-dogs/ "I will go to my grave believing these people just sent an innocent man to prison for the rest of his life," said Melody Brown, public defender. ⇒ http://mtcrimlaw.com/2008/01/11/judge-gives-miller-100-years/