Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-02-20 20:08:02.744389+00
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02/20/2024

            IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA
                                                                                          Case Number: DA 24-0072

                                         DA 24-0072

 STATE OF MONTANA,

               Plaintiff and Appellee,

       v.                                                            ORDER

 TYLER FREDERICK ERICKSON,                                                          FILED
                                                                                    FEB 2 0 2024
               Defendant and Appellant.
                                                                                  Bowen Greenwood
                                                                                Clerk of Supreme Court
                                                                                   State of Montana    •

       Tyler Frederick Erickson moves this Court for appointment of counsel in his appeal.
As grounds, Erickson states that he was convicted of a crime for which incarceration is
likely. He adds that while he retained counsel for his underlying criminal proceeding, he
is now indigent and financially unable to afford to hire private counsel to assist him.
       Erickson includes a copy of the December 6, 2023 Lake County District Court
Judgment where the court imposed a sixty-year prison sentence and designated Erickson a
persistent felony offender.
       Erickson has recent convictions and sentences. He may be entitled to appointment
of counsel in this appeal. Section 46-8-103(1), MCA. Therefore,
       IT IS ORDERED that Erickson's Motion for Appointment of Counsel is
GRANTED. The Appellate Defender Division shall have thirty days from the date of this
Order within which to file either a Notice of Appearance or a Motion to Rescind this Order
appointing counsel. The Appellate Defender Division shall order any other necessary
transcripts.
       The Clerk of the Supreme Court is directed to provide a copy of this Order to: the
Appellate Defender Divi41, counsel of record, and Tyler Frederick Erickson personally.
       DATED this Z-b day of February, 2024.
                                                 For the Court,

                                                                Chief Justice