MATTER OF STANDARDS FOR COUNSEL REP
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IN 'THE SI'PRERIE COURT OF THE ST1TE 01: MONTANA NO. 04-578 I RE T E ST.%NBARDS FOR COINSEL N H! 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: I T I IIEREBI' ORDERED as f o l l o ~ ~ s : 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. i n uhich to prepare. file ivith the Clerk of this Col~rt s e n e upon the Appellate Defender Commission. writmi eorilments. and 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 iiiiii L m ; ~ w and he posted on the State Bar of hiolitaita web site i?la!l , <iv~vv~.r~~onrai~abar.or~): Laih !Librarian; with the request that she post this order to the Srate and !he attached 5tandards on the Montana Law- Librar!. :veb site i ~ u . l a w l i b r e n . . s t a t c . ~ i ~ t ~ u s Law and Jusrice 1,egislatiw Committee: the president of the ) ; 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. -41the 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,
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