Legal Opinion

State v. Bettwieser

Idaho Court of Appeals

Decided September 7, 2006No. 32083PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LANSING, Judge.

Meghan Bettwieser appeals her conviction for committing the infraction of following too closely. Bettwieser’s principal contention is that the magistrate court erred in refusing to allow Bettwieser’s father, a non-lawyer, to represent her in the proceedings. We affirm.

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FACTUAL & PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

After she was involved in an automobile accident, Bettwieser, then a nineteen-year-old college student, was issued a citation for the infraction of following too closely, Idaho Code § 49-638. 2 She pleaded not guilty and the matter was scheduled for a court trial on March 5, 2004.…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. In Re OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  2. Gray v. NetherlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  3. State v. ZichkoIdaho Supreme Court · 1996
  4. Payette River Property Owners Ass'n v. Board of CommissionersIdaho Supreme Court · 1999
  5. State v. YagerIdaho Supreme Court · 2004

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. State v. DoeIdaho Supreme Court · 2009
  2. Schneider v. SchneiderIdaho Supreme Court · 2011
  3. State v. EstesIdaho Court of Appeals · 2009
  4. State v. Richard W. WrightIdaho Court of Appeals · 2013
  5. State v. Geirrod Detloph StarkIdaho Court of Appeals · 2013

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