State Ex Rel. Mazurek v. District Court of the Twentieth Judicial District

¶1 This case originated in this Court on the application of the State of Montana (State) for a writ of supervisory control seeking relief from the order of the Twentieth Judicial District Court, Lake County, granting a motion in limine filed by Gregory Lloyd Ingraham (Ingraham). Having accepted supervisory control and heard oral arguments, we reverse the District Court’s order and remand.

¶2 The issue before us is whether the District Court abused its discretion in granting Ingraham’s motion in limine and precluding the State from using Ingraham’s testimony from the first trial in the…