Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 3. JUDICIARY, COURTS

CHAPTER 1. COURTS AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS GENERALLY

Part 11. Judicial Standards Commission

Public Statements By Commission

3-1-1123. Public statements by commission. In any case in which the subject matter becomes public, through independent sources or through a waiver of confidentiality by the judge against whom the complaint has been filed, the commission may issue statements as it considers appropriate in order to:

(1) confirm the pendency of the investigation;

(2) clarify the procedural aspects of the disciplinary proceedings;

(3) explain the right of the judge to a fair hearing without prejudgment;

(4) state that the judge denies the allegations; or

(5) declare that there is insufficient evidence for a finding of good cause.

History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 441, L. 1981.