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Date Created: 2024-03-09 18:04:20.609219+00
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ORIGINAL                                      03/08/2024

             IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA                            Case Number: DA 23-0456

                                           DA 23-0456

 STATE OF MONTANA,

              Plaintiff and Appellee,

       v.                                                           ORDER

 ANTHONY SCOTT CHARLIE,
                                                                                FILED
              Defendant and Appellant.                                          MAR - 8 2024
                                                                              Bowen Greenwood
                                                                            Clerk of Supreme Court
                                                                               State of Montana

       This appeal is before this Court because self-represented Appellant Anthony Scott
Charlie has not filed his opening brief, as directed in a February 6, 2024 Order, giving him
an additional thirty days until March 5, 2024. This Court observes that on February 20,
2024 Charlie filed two Notices—Credible Information and Incomplete Transcripts.
Charlie explains that he has not been provided the complete transcript as requested when
lie commenced this appeal on August 21, 2023, including a Notice of Transcripts Deemed
Necessary along with his Notice of Appeal. He states that he is currently placed in the
Dawson County Correctional Facility in Glasgow, Montana, and that he does not have
"legal law library on the Tablets which then makes it almost impossible to do any legal
[r]esearch    ." for this direct appeal.
      Charlie appeals a jury verdict of two misdemeanor and two felony convictions of
indecent exposure in the Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County. The court
amended the written August 29, 2023 Judgment twice. Charlie is serving concurrent prison
terms of ten years with five years suspended.
      This Court further observes that the office for the Clerk of the Supreme Court filed
an electronic transcript of the jury trial on December 5, 2023, after the Court Reporter
received additional time to prepare transcripts. There appear to be no transcripts for the
sentencing hearing or any other hearing included in this Court's docket.
      Charlie initiated this appeal on his own behalf and has informed this Court that the
record is incomplete. He has recent convictions and sentences. Charlie may be entitled to
appointment of counsel to assist with the transcript production and to represent him on
appeal. Section 46-8-103(1), MCA. Therefore,
      IT IS ORDERED that:
      1. sua sponte appellate counsel from the Appellate Defender Division is
          APPOINTED to represent Anthony Scott Charlie in this appeal. 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; and
      2. the February 6, 2024 Order is VACA1ED, nullifying the briefing schedule.
          After the above Notice or Motion to Rescind is filed and upon receipt of the
          complete transcripts for appeal, the briefing schedule will resume, pursuant to
          the Montana Rules of Appellate Procedure.
      The Clerk of the Supreme Court is directed to provide a copy of this Order to: the
Appellate Defender Division, counsel of record, and Anthony Scott Charlie personally.
      DATED this     ger-1;y   of March, 2024.
                                                 For the Court,

                                                 By:
                                                              Chief Justice

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