City of Helena v. Parsons

DA 17-0576 ·Direct Appeal ·Criminal ·Closed
Docket DA 17-0576
Type Direct Appeal — Municipal Court Appeal
Classification Criminal
Outcome Reversed
Lower court case CDC 2017-48
Lower court judge Hon. Kathy Seeley

Key dates

Closed Mar 27, 2019
Classified Jun 13, 2018
Appeal filed Sep 29, 2017
Record filed Nov 8, 2017
Oral argument Aug 6, 2018
Briefing ended May 22, 2018
Opinion issued Mar 6, 2019
Briefing started Nov 8, 2017
Sent to the court May 23, 2018
Submitted for decision Aug 6, 2018
Appellant Reply Brief Filed May 22, 2018
Appellant Opening Brief Filed Dec 7, 2017
Appellee Response Brief Filed Apr 6, 2018

Calculated

from the docket dates
Appeal filed to briefing start 40
Briefing days 194
Briefing start to opening brief filed 29
Classified to Opinion 265
Close of briefing to sent to court 0
Filing date to Opinion 523
Filing date to closed 544
Opening to response 119
Opinion to closed 20
Oral argument to Opinion 212
Response to reply 45
Sent to court to classified 21
Sent to court to oral argument 74
Submitted for decision to Opinion 287

Tags

Closed Opinion synopsis issued Oral Argument Published opinion Reversed

Parties

Appellee
Helena, City of
Represented by Todd Douglas Baker
Appellant
Ronald Scott Parsons
Represented by Lance Patrick Jasper

Opinion

City of Helena v. Parsons, 2019 MT 56

Reversed on March 6, 2019, in a 4 to 3 published opinion.

Events

most recent first
Record - DC Record Return Card Filed received from Lewis and Clark County Municipal Court Apr 2, 2019 12:02 PM Record
Record - DC Record Returned to District Court Mar 27, 2019 10:41 AM Record
Event - Case Closed Mar 27, 2019 10:40 AM Closing Notice
Notice - Outgoing - Opinion Release Notice Issued Mar 27, 2019 10:35 AM Notice - Outgoing
Notice - Outgoing - Remittitur Issued Mar 27, 2019 10:10 AM Closing Notice
Opinion - Synopsis of Opinion Mar 6, 2019 1:25 PM Synopsis
Opinion - Published, Justice Sandefur, reversed and remanded Mar 6, 2019 12:59 PM Opinion
Notice - Outgoing - Oral Argument Scheduled Aug 6, 2018 8:29 AM Notice - Outgoing
Event - Oral Argument Presented - District Judge Luke Berger sat in place of Justice Rice and District Judge Yvonne Laird sat in place of Justice Shea. Lance Jasper argued for the Appellant and Mardell Ployhar argued for the Appellee. Taken under advisement at 10:20 a.m Jul 25, 2018 10:58 AM Event
Order - Hon. Luke Berger will sit in place of Justice Rice; the Hon. Yvonne Laird will sit in place of Justice Shea Jun 26, 2018 4:13 PM Order - Other
Notice - Outgoing - Oral Argument Scheduled Jun 13, 2018 4:46 PM Notice - Outgoing
Order - Classified - Oral Argument - Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. in the Courtroom of the Montana Supreme Court Jun 13, 2018 4:38 PM Classifying Notice
Event - Case Sent to Court May 23, 2018 10:42 AM Classifying Notice
Notice - Outgoing - Brief Filed May 23, 2018 10:41 AM Notice - Outgoing
Brief - Appellant Reply May 22, 2018 10:46 AM Appellant Reply Brief
Order - Deficiencies-Brief May 22, 2018 9:21 AM Order - Deficiency
Order - Grant - Extension of Time - Appellant is granted until 5/21/18 to file the reply brief; no further extensions will be granted Apr 20, 2018 2:47 PM Order - Extension
Motion - Unopposed - Extension of Time - Brief (First Request 30 Days) Apr 20, 2018 1:16 PM Motion
Notice - Outgoing - Brief Filed Apr 9, 2018 8:55 AM Notice - Outgoing
Brief - Appellee's Response Apr 6, 2018 11:05 AM Appellee Response Brief
Notice - Outgoing - Additional District Court Documents Mar 26, 2018 10:50 AM Notice - Outgoing
Record - Replaced Municipal Court Disk (1st disk is unreadable) Mar 26, 2018 10:49 AM Record
Order - Appellee is granted an extension of time to and including April 6, 2018, within which to prepare, serve, and file its response brief Mar 1, 2018 11:50 AM Order - Extension
Motion - Unopposed - Motion and Affidavit for Second or Subsequent Extension - Appellee's Brief Feb 28, 2018 4:22 PM Motion
Order - Grant - Extension of Time - Appellee is granted until 3/7/18 to file the response brief Jan 30, 2018 1:20 PM Order - Extension
Motion - Unopposed - Motion and Affidavit for Second or Subsequent Extension (Appellee Response) Jan 29, 2018 5:40 PM Motion
Extension - Appellee is granted an extension of time to and including February 5, 2018, within which to prepare, serve, and file its response brief Jan 8, 2018 11:19 AM Extension
Motion - Unopposed - Extension of Time - Appellee's Brief (First Request 30 Days) Jan 5, 2018 1:45 PM Motion
Notice - Incoming - Errata (District Court's Order on Appeal should have been attached to Appellant's Opening Brief) Dec 8, 2017 4:57 PM Notice - Incoming
Notice - Outgoing - Brief Filed (Appellant's Opening) Dec 8, 2017 3:35 PM Notice - Outgoing
Brief - Appellant's Opening Dec 7, 2017 3:43 PM Appellant Opening Brief
Notice - Outgoing - District Court Record Filed Nov 8, 2017 1:41 PM Record
Record - DC Record Filed (1 red folder) Nov 8, 2017 1:32 PM Record
Notice - Incoming - Amended Notice of Appeal Filed Oct 2, 2017 10:30 AM Notice - Incoming
Notice - Incoming - Transcripts Deemed Necessary Oct 2, 2017 10:03 AM Notice - Incoming
Notice - Outgoing - Notice Requiring Filing of Amended Notice of Appeal Oct 2, 2017 9:03 AM Notice - Outgoing
Notice - Outgoing - Appeal Notice Sep 29, 2017 12:40 PM Notice - Outgoing
Notice - Incoming - Transcripts Deemed Necessary Sep 29, 2017 12:35 PM Notice - Incoming
Notice - Incoming - Notice of Appeal Filed Sep 29, 2017 12:22 PM Notice - Incoming