STATE, ETC. v. DISTRICT COURT, ETC.

No. 82-218.

654 P.2d 982 (1982)

The STATE of Montana, ex rel., Daniel Paul SMITH, Relator, v. The DISTRICT COURT OF the EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, CASCADE COUNTY, Honorable Joel G. Roth, Presiding Judge, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided December 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandra K. Watts argued, Great Falls, for relator.

Mike Greely, Atty. Gen., Helena, J. Fred Bourdeau, County Atty., Great Falls, for respondents.

Mike Meloy argued, Helena, for amicus curiae.


MORRISON, Justice.

Defendant Daniel Smith applied to this Court for a writ of supervisory control after respondent, the Eighth Judicial District Court, Judge Roth presiding, denied defendant's motion to exclude public and press from a pretrial suppression hearing. By his application, defendant seeks alternative relief: either (1) an order reversing the District Court's decision and closing defendant's pretrial suppression hearing until the motion to suppress is denied...

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