Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-03-21 22:05:33.089575+00
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            IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA                                 Case Number: DA 21-0506

                                         DA 21-0506
                                                                     FILED
 STATE OF MONTANA,
                                                                      MAR 2 1 2023
                                                                    Bowen Greenwood
              Plaintiff and Appellee,                             Clerk of Suprerne Court
                                                                     qtAte rtf Montane

       v.                                                            ORDER

EDWARD JEFFREY ALLEN,

             Defendant and Appellant,

       Defendant and Appellant Edward Jeffrey Allen, via counsel, moves this Court to
stay his pending appeal while he seeks a statement of the record from the Thirteenth
Judicial District Court, Yellowstone County, pursuant to M. R. App. P. 8(7). Allen
represents that his motion is unopposed and the parties further stipulate that neither will
object to Allen's untimely filing of this motion as more than 30 days have elapsed since
Allen filed his Notice of Appeal.
       M. R. App. P. 8(7) sets forth the procedure for recreating a portion of the record if
it is unavailable. In this case, Allen asserts that no recording was made of the November 5,
2020 pretrial conference and he therefore was unable to obtain the transcript of the
proceeding that he requested for his appeal. He further asserts that his counsel's efforts to
contact all trial counsel has been unsuccessful and his counsel believes a District Court
order will be necessary to create the unavailable record.
       Although Allen further requests remand, we note that remand is unnecessary as the
District Court retains the necessary jurisdiction to resolve this issue under M. R. App. P.
8(7)(g).
       IT IS ORDERED that this appeal is STAYED pending the filing of the statement of
record pursuant to M. R. App. P. 8(7).
       The Clerk is directed to provide copies of this order to all counsel of record.
DATED this Z k   day of March, 2023.

                                          Chief Justice

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