1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 5
  3. CHAPTER 5
  4. Part 4
  5. 5-5-419 Defendant's objection or answer

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 5. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

CHAPTER 5. LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURES

Part 4. Impeachment

Defendant's Objection Or Answer

5-5-419. Defendant's objection or answer. When the defendant appears, the defendant may object, in writing, to the sufficiency of the articles of impeachment or may answer the articles by an oral plea of not guilty. The plea must be entered upon the journal and must put in issue every material allegation of the articles of impeachment.

History: En. Sec. 1508, Pen. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 8980, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 11676, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pen. C. Sec. 743; re-en. Sec. 11676, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 94-5409, R.C.M. 1947; redes. 95-2809 by Sec. 29, Ch. 513, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 95-2809; amd. Sec. 239, Ch. 61, L. 2007.