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KALISPELL (AP)
An attorney for state Sen. Greg Barkus wants the county to dismiss three felony charges filed against his client after a Flathead Lake boat crash. Attorney Todd Glazier also told District Judge John McKeon on Monday that the defense will challenge the way investigators obtained evidence and will seek to have some evi - dence and witness statements suppressed. In the alternative, Glazier says the defense will ask that the trial be held outside of Kalispell. McKeon, who appeared at the hearing via two-way audio-video connection from Malta, set a March 19 evidentiary hearing and an April 5 trial date. Barkus did not attend the hearing. Barkus is charged with one count of criminal endangerment and two counts of negligent vehicular assault for an Aug. 26 boating accident on Flathead Lake that injured Barkus and his four passengers, including U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg. Prosecutors say Barkus' blood-alcohol level was 0.16, or twice the legal limit, two hours after the crash that left Rehberg's state director Dustin Frost in a coma for more than a week
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