STATE EX REL. FORSYTHE v. COATE

No. 13442.

552 P.2d 60 (1976)

STATE ex rel. John S. FORSYTHE, Relator, v. District Judge Alfred B. COATE, Judge of the Sixteenth Judicial District, County of Rosebud, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided July 13, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene LaLonda, argued, Billings, Lee Overfelt, Billings, for relator.


CASTLES, Justice.

This is an application for a writ of supervisory control ordering the reinstatement of relator, John S. Forsythe, as county attorney of Rosebud County. Following the return of an indictment from the Rosebud County grand jury accusing relator of official misconduct, he was suspended from his office without pay by order of the district court dated May 19, 1976. The indictment charged relator violated his duty to diligently prosecute public offenses...

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