Montana Code 46-18-902. Interested judge not to act
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46-18-902. Interested judge not to act. A judge may not sit or act on a review of a sentence that was imposed by the judge. In any case in which review of a sentence imposed by any of the judges serving on the review division is to be acted on by the division or if any member is unavailable to serve, the chief justice of the supreme court of Montana may designate another judge to act in place of the judge.
Terms Used In Montana Code 46-18-902
- Court: means a place where justice is judicially administered and includes the judge of the court. See Montana Code 46-1-202
- Judge: means a person who is vested by law with the power to perform judicial functions. See Montana Code 46-1-202
- Sentence: means the judicial disposition of a criminal proceeding upon a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or upon a verdict or finding of guilty. See Montana Code 46-1-202