Thread by @ThuggerDaily

Update to Brian Steel Supreme Court appeal of Glanville putting him in jail/contempt

The State has filed a brief saying they do not consider themselves an important party in this appeal and does not intend to file anything substantive because the matter of contempt is a "collateral issue" that doesn't have a bearing on the main case. In other words, Glanville's representation is the only one that needs to respond, in their view.

However, there are parts of Steel's position that go into facts directly related to the case (such as, was the ex parte proper? was there misconduct by the state? did defense have a right to be there?).

The State's position is that this appeal can be handled by the Supreme Court without commenting or answering those questions, and asks that the Court refrain from doing so so they do not affect the actual case.

In summary, the State wants to make sure the Supreme Court does not weigh in on anything beyond "was Glanville right in putting Steel in jail?", so that the defense cannot use any of the Court's findings about the ex parte meeting or potential misconduct in their case.

Additionally, the American Board of Criminal Lawyers previously filed a brief in support of Brian Steel, which I never posted. It is very strongly worded - more than any appellant brief could be.

Here is the link to that:
drive.google.com/file/d/1cA6hhP…