A juvenile who accidentally shot and killed another juvenile in November of last year changed his answer Tuesday before Cascade County District Judge John Kutzman.
Conner J. Svingen, 14, answered true to the charge of negligent homicide for the Nov. 12, 2020, shooting of Antonio Thierry, also 14.
The change of answer was based on a plea agreement that called for Svingen’s attorney and the Cascade County Attorney’s Office to recommend that Svingen be placed on probation with Montana Youth Court Services until he is 21 or until released by court order.
The maximum sentence allowed would be a commitment to Pine Hills Youth Correctional Facility until age 21 or release by the court.
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Montana Supreme Court fight continues over SB 140; Legislature subpoenas emails Traci Rosenbaum, Great Falls Tribune
A Montana Supreme Court battle over a 2021 senate bill allowing Gov. Greg Gianforte to choose his own interim judges continued Monday as the court temporarily struck down a subpoena requesting emails from the Office of the Court Administrator.
The subpoena, filed Thursday by the Montana State Legislature, was issued to Acting Director of the Department of Administration Misty Ann Giles. Gainforte appointed Giles to the position in December 2020. She has not yet been confirmed by the Senate.
It required Giles to produce all emails and attachments sent and received by court administrator Beth McLaughlin and any recoverable deleted emails sent and received by McLaughlin between Jan. 4 and April 8.
Music (and crowds) start a comeback beneath the Big Sky
Anna Paige
BILLINGS Glowing blue against the stage lights, fans of Meg Gildehaus beamed with a special kind of delight, childlike almost, as they stood clustered in groups during the musician’s April 3 concert at the Pub Station.
The concert was one in a series of socially-distanced performances that began in March. These concerts marked the first time the stage has been used since the pandemic forced the closure of the nation’s live entertainment venues more than a year ago.
For Pub Station concerts, fans could purchase tickets in groups of four or six, and they were separated from others by metal fencing set in a U-shape. Such barriers, typically erected at the front of the stage to keep the massive crowds at bay, didn’t seem to matter when, after more than a year, a really loud rock concert was pumping through everyone’s bodies.
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