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Date Created: 2023-07-19 15:08:20.876989+00
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ORIGINAL                                       07/18/2023

            IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA                               Case Number: DA 23-0380

                                       DA 23-0380
                                                                          FILED
 STATE OF MONTANA,                                                         JUL 1 8 2023
                                                                         Bowen Greenwood
                                                                       Clerk of Suprerne Court
             Plaintiff and Appellee,                                      st„,  r)f- oalontans

       v.                                                              ORDER

 SERENITY ALANA MANN,

             Defendant and Appellant.

       Chad Wright, Appellate Defender, petitions for an out-of-time appeal for Serenity
Alana Mann from the order entered on April 4, 2023, by the First Judicial District Court,
Lewis and Clark County, in Cause No. DDC-21-552. The Attorney General's Office does
not object to this motion.
       Wright asserts that Mann's trial counsel was not served with the written judgment
until June 13, 2023, which was after the 60-day deadline for filing a Notice of Appeal in
this Court had passed.
       Wright argues that it would be unjust to deny Mann the right to appeal when the
untimeliness of the Notice of Appeal was caused by circumstances beyond Mann'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 directed to provide copies of this Order to all counsel of record.
DATED this I g day ofJuly, 2023.

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