City of Billings Ex Rel. Friedt v. Billings Municipal Court

No. OP 08-0181 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA

2008 MT 174

______________ CITY OF BILLINGS, ex rel. ) CHRISTINA E. FRIEDT, ) ) Relator, ) ) v. ) OPINION AND ORDER ) BILLINGS MUNICIPAL COURT, ) The Honorable Mary Jane Knisely, Presiding, ) ) Respondent. ) _____________ ¶1 On April 9, 2008, counsel for relator Christina E. Friedt filed an Application for Writ of Supervisory Control and To Stay Lower Court Proceedings. She alleged that the Billings Municipal Court had made a mistake of law causing a gross injustice in ordering Friedt’s guilty pleas and sentence withdrawn, and that…