Office of the State Public Defender v. Whitefish City Court

ORDER AND OPINION

¶1 The Office of the State Public Defender (OSPD) and Jeffrey Bryan Compton (Compton) petitioned this Court for a writ of supervisory control. We issued an order granting the Whitefish City Court, Whitefish City Attorney and/or Attorney General twenty days to respond to the petition. City Judge Bradley F. Johnson (Judge Johnson) filed a pro se response, and Clifton W. Hayden has filed a response on behalf of the City of Whitefish.

¶2 The petition requests that we order Judge Johnson to appoint the OSPD to represent Compton and prohibit the Whitefish City Court from requiring…