IN THE

 

SUPREME COURT OF INDIANA

 

IN THE MATTER OF                                 )

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APPROVAL OF LOCAL RULE  )

                                                                        ) Case No. 54S00-0406-MS-239

AMENDMENT FOR                                  )

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MONTGOMERY COUNTY                      )

 

ORDER APPROVING AMENDED

MONTGOMERY COUNTY LOCAL CRIMINAL RULE 4

 

            The judges of the Montgomery Circuit, Superior, and County Courts, request the approval of an amendment to the Montgomery County Local Criminal Rule 4, which establishes case reassignment procedures in felony cases.  This amended Montgomery County Local Criminal Rule 4 is proposed pursuant to requirements of Indiana Criminal Rule 2.2, and makes modifications to the proposed panel of judicial officers and also provides for the temporary transfer of judges to the Montgomery Circuit, Superior and County courts for the purposes of felony and misdemeanor case reassignment. 

            Upon examination of the proposed local rule amendment, this Court finds that the rule amendment complies with the requirements of Indiana Criminal Rule 2.2, and, accordingly, should be approved.  This Court also finds that the temporary transfer of judges as provided for in the Montgomery County Local Criminal Rule 4 is appropriate and warranted.

            IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED by this Court that the Amendment to Montgomery County Local Criminal Rule 4, set forth as an attachment to this Order, is now approved, effective October 1, 2003.

            IT IS FURTHER ORDERED by this Court that the judges specified in the Montgomery County Local Criminal Rule 4 are temporarily transferred to the Montgomery Circuit, Superior, and County courts for the reassignment of felony and misdemeanor cases pursuant to such rule.

            The Clerk of this Court is directed to forward a copy of this Order to the Honorable Thomas K. Milligan, Montgomery Circuit Court, to the Honorable David A. Ault, Montgomery Superior Court, and to the Honorable Peggy Q. Lohorn, Montgomery County Court, and to the Clerk of the Montgomery Circuit Court.

            The Clerk of the Montgomery Circuit Court is directed to place a copy of this Order in the Record of Judgments and Orders for all courts of record in Montgomery County, and to post this Order for public examination.

             

            DONE at Indianapolis, Indiana, this _____ day of May, 2004.

 

 

                                                                        __________________________

                                                                        Randall T. Shepard

                                                                        Chief Justice of Indiana