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L) ORIGINAL                                              07/18/2023

            IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA                                Case Number: DA 23-0379

                                       DA 23-0379
                                                                          FILED
 STATE OF MONTANA,
                                                                           JUL 1 8 2023
                                                                         Bowen Greenwood
             Plaintiff and Appellee,                                   Clerk of Supreme Court
                                                                          State of t4lootana

       v.                                                              ORDER

 CLEONE BLUESKY SHAWL,

             Defendant and Appellant.

       Chad Wright, Appellate Defender, petitions for an out-of-time appeal for Cleone
Bluesky Shawl from the order entered on March 3,2023, by the Thirteenth Judicial District
Court, Yellowstone County, in Cause No. DC-21-1132. The Attorney General's Office
does not object to this motion.
       Wright asserts that Shawl's judgment was provided to Office of Public Defender,
but her trial counsel was not notified about entry of the written judgment until the filing
deadline had passed because of a case management error.
       Wright argues that it would be unjust to deny Shawl the right to appeal when the
untimeliness of the Notice of Appeal was caused by an eiTor or oversight out of Shawl's
control.
       We grant out-of-time appeals under M. R. App. P. 4(6) when an appellant
establishes the existence of "extraordinary circumstances amounting to a gross miscarriage
of justice," which would exist if we were to deny the petition here.
       IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the petition for an out-of-time appeal is
GRANTED.
       IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Appellate Defender shall have 30 days from
the date of this Order within which to prepare, file, and serve a Notice of Appeal and a
Request for Transcripts, if necessary, in compliance with the Montana Rules of Appellate
Procedure.
      The Clerk is dirMI to provide copies of this Order to all counsel of record.
      DATED this i      day of July, 2023.

                                                            Chief Justice

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