Title: MATTER OF STANDARDS FOR COUNSEL REP

State: montana

Issuer: Montana Supreme Court

Document:

I N 'THE SI'PRERIE COURT OF THE ST1TE 01: MONTANA NO. 04-578 I N RE T H E ! ST.%NBARDS FOR COINSEL REPRESENTNG THE K T E E S T S OF ORDER On August 9. 2004. in response to the requireinents of $ 2-15-1020(9), MCA. the Montana Appellate Defender Comriiission submitted to this Coun proposed Standards for C'ounsei Represeniing the Interests of Indigent Persons at Go\-eniment Expense. This Coun has review:ed rhe said standards arid has determined to submit the proposed standards for public comment, Therefbre, pursuant to the authority granted to this Court under Article \-11. Section 2. of the Montana Consriuurion: IT I S IIEREBI' ORDERED as follo~~s: 1. The bench and bar of rhis state and any other interested persons or entities are grmied until the close of business on February 25, 2005. in uhich to prepare. file ivith the Clerk of this Col~rt and sene upon the Appellate Defender Commission. writmi eorilments. suggestions or criticisms, regarding any portion of the proposed standards. a copy o f ~ h i c h is attached hereto and by this reference made a pan hereof, 2. The Clerk of this Coun is directed to provide copies ofthis Order together with the attached standards to the following: the executive director of the State Bar of Montana, with a request tha: this order and the attached standards be published in the next awilable issue of the i i i ? i l i a i ! i l L m ; ~ w , and he posted on the State Bar of hiolitaita web site <iv~vv~.r~~onrai~abar.or~): to the Srate Laih !Librarian; with the request that she post this order and !he attached 5tandards on the Montana Law- Librar!. :veb site i~u.lawlibren..statc.~i~t~us); the Law and Jusrice 1,egislatiw Committee: the president of thc Montana Judges Association: the Chairman of the Conmission on Courts of Limited Jurisdiction: the president of the Montana Magistrates ;'issocialion and the chairman of rhe Criminai 1.-axv Secrion ofthe State Bar of Montana. 3. -41 the conclusion of the time pro\-ided for re&-ing comments. suggestions. and criticisml the proposed standards will he deemed submitted ti? this Court for consideration. Dit'TED this aay of August 2004. . Justices Chief Justice Karla M. Gray did not participate in this matter,