Supreme Court: Montana News Outlets Can Argue for Release of Anaconda Shooting Docs

State Supreme Court orders lower court to hear media arguments over sealed records in Anaconda bar murder case

The Montana Supreme Court has ordered a lower court to hear from media outlets and advocacy groups regarding public access to documents in the high-profile murder case of Michael Paul Brown.A five-member panel ruled in favor of six news outlets and media advocates on Tuesday. The media groups, who are the petitioners, are seeking public access to documents in the case against Brown, who is charged with shooting and killing four people in Anacond…

Montana Supreme Court says media can weigh in on sealed documents in Anaconda homicide case

A Montana Supreme Court panel ordered Tuesday that a District Court in southwest Montana allow a coalition of media outlets to weigh in on public access to documents in the homicide case against Michael Paul Brown, the man charged with fatally shooting four people in Anaconda last summer. Press outlets, including Montana Free Press, had sought to intervene in the criminal case against Brown in January, arguing that District Court Judge Jeffrey D…

Supreme Court: Montana news outlets can argue for release of Anaconda shooting docs

Allowing the press to argue its case is "essential" to balancing the right to know and the alleged Anaconda shooter's right to a fair trial, the court ruled.