Montana § 37-61-412 Partner Of Public Prosecutor Not To Defend

Montana Statutes

§ 37-61-412 — Partner Of Public Prosecutor Not To Defend

Montana·Title 37 PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS·Ch. 61 ATTORNEYS AT LAW·Part 4 Provisions Regulating Practice

37-61-412 . Partner of public prosecutor not to defend. An attorney may not:

(1)directly or indirectly advise concerning, aid, or take any part in the defense of an action or special proceeding, civil or criminal, brought, carried on, aided, advocated, or prosecuted, as attorney general, county attorney, or other public prosecutor, by a person with whom the attorney is interested or connected, either directly or indirectly, as a law partner; or

(2)take or receive, directly or indirectly, from a defendant in a case described in subsection (1) or other person a fee, gratuity, or reward for or upon any cause, consideration, pretense, understanding, or agreement, express or implied, having relation to a case described in subsection (1) or to the prosecution or defense of a case described in

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37-61-412 . Partner of public prosecutor not to defend. An attorney may not:
(1) directly or indirectly advise concerning, aid, or take any part in the defense of an action or special proceeding, civil or criminal, brought, carried on, aided, advocated, or prosecuted, as attorney general, county attorney, or other public prosecutor, by a person with whom the attorney is interested or connected, either directly or indirectly, as a law partner; or
(2) take or receive, directly or indirectly, from a defendant in a case described in subsection (1) or other person a fee, gratuity, or reward for or upon any cause, consideration, pretense, understanding, or agreement, express or implied, having relation to a case described in subsection (1) or to the prosecution or defense of a case described in subsection (1).

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Legislative History

En. Sec. 409, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6401, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8984, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pen. C. Sec. 162; re-en. Sec. 8984, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-2111; amd. Sec. 1438, Ch. 56, L. 2009.