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j ORIGINAL                                             01/23/2024

            IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA
                                                                                          Case Number: DA 24-0037

                                         DA 24-0037

STATE OF MONTANA,

            Plaintiff and Appellee,

      v.                                                           ORDER

ANDREW DAVID LARSON,                                                                     FLED
            Defendant and Appellant.                                                     JAN 2 3 2024
                                                                                    Bowen Greenwood
                                                                                  Clerk of Suprerne Court
                                                                                     State of Montana

       Chad Wright, Appellate Defender, petitions this Court, on behalf of Andrew Davis
Larson, for an out-of-tiine appeal from the November 1, 2022 order of the Twenty-First Judicial
District Court, Ravalli aounty, in Cause No. DC-20-26. The Attorney General's Office does
not object to this motion.
       Wright asserts that Larson's trial counsel properly referred his appeal to the Appellate
Defender Division, but no Notice of Appeal was timely filed because this case was confused
with another later case, from which Larson also appealed.
       Wright argues it would be unjust to deny Larson the right to appeal when the
untimeliness of the Notice of Appeal was caused by circumstances outside of Larson'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 ofjustice," 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, on or before February 20, 2024, Wright shall 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 proyide copies of this Order to all counsel of record.
                                c.-
             DATED this Z3 day of January, 2024.
    Chief Justice

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