SALT LAKE LEGAL DEFENDER ASS'N v. ATHERTON

No. 20100066.

267 P.3d 227 (2011)

2011 UT 58

SALT LAKE LEGAL DEFENDER ASSOCIATION, Petitioner, v. Judith ATHERTON, Judge, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Utah.

September 27, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joan C. Watt , Patrick L. Anderson , Salt Lake City, for petitioner.

Brent M. Johnson , Salt Lake City, for respondent.

Randall W. Richards , Ogden, for real party in interest Cody Augustine.

Donald H. Hansen , Jeffrey H. Thorpe , Salt Lake City, for real party in interest Salt Lake County.


Associate Chief Justice DURRANT, opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

¶ 1 This case comes to us on a petition for extraordinary relief filed by the Salt Lake Legal Defender Association (LDA) against Judge Judith Atherton of the Third District Court. In 2009, Judge Atherton presided over a criminal proceeding involving Cody Augustine, an indigent defendant. Although Mr. Augustine was represented by private counsel, he filed a motion requesting that Judge...

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