Sanction of Knott v. State

BANKS, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. This case raises the issue of whether a trial court has the jurisdiction to impose sanctions upon an attorney not engaged in a proceeding before the trial court and whether the district .attorney has standing to request that the attorney be required to make monetary restitution to the county without prior approval by the attorney general. We find that the trial court did not have the jurisdiction to discipline the attorney. Nor did the district attorney have standing to seek monetary damages without prior approval from the attorney general. Accordingly we…