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Date Created: 2023-09-26 22:07:26.114728+00
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ORIGINAL
                                                                                            09/26/2023

           IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA
                                                                                        Case Number: DA 22-0148

                                       DA 22-0148
                                                                                FILED
STATE OF MONTANA,                                                               SEP 2 6 2023
                                                                            Bowen G!•-:enwood
                                                                          Clerk of Supreme Court
                                                                             State of Montana
             Plaintiff and Appellee,

      v.                                                           ORDER

CHRISTOPHER M. QUERFURTH,

             Defendant and Appellant.

      Counsel for Appellant Christopher M. Querfurth filed a motion and brief asking to
be allowed to withdraw from this appeal on grounds that counsel has been unable to find
any nonfrivolous issues to raise on appeal, pursuant to § 46-8-103(2), MCA, and Anders v.
California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S. Ct. 1396 (1967). Querfurth responded to counsel's brief
and objected to counsel's motion.
      The Court has now independently examined the record pursuant to § 46-8-103(2),
MCA, and Anders. We have considered the arguments raised by counsel and by Querfurth.
We conclude no arguments with potential legal merit can be raised on direct appeal.
       IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that this appeal is DISMISSED.
       The Clerk is directed to provide copies of this Order to all counsel of record and to
Querfurth personally.
       DATED this          day of September, 2023.

                                                                Chief Justice
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