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MATT VOLZ Associated Press HELENA — The Montana Supreme Court says citizens have a right to trial by jury before the state can take private property in civil forfeiture cases, a ruling that bolsters a law that state legislators passed last year to limit police seizures. Tuesday’s unanimous ruling by the high court puts Montana in line with most other states that have upheld jury trials in civil forfeiture proceedings. “After consideration of both American and English common law, federal jurisprudence and decisions from our s...
