{"data":{"id":"us-mt/46-18-902","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"46-18-902","heading":"Interested judge not to act.","body":"A judge may not sit or act on a review of a sentence that was imposed by the judge. In any case in which review of a sentence imposed by any of the judges serving on the review division is to be acted on by the division or if any member is unavailable to serve, the chief justice of the supreme court of Montana may designate another judge to act in place of the judge.","path":["TITLE 46. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 18. SENTENCE AND JUDGMENT","Part 9. Appellate Review of Legal Sentences"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0460/chapter_0180/part_0090/section_0020/0460-0180-0090-0020.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:52Z","sha256":"9858d53d9b4f10e52a684ba4606174f5bab6136215dcca46a4d3ef60f533da7a","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/46-18-901","next":"us-mt/46-18-903"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}