11/24/2020

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA Case Number: DA 19-0605

DA 19-0605 FILED STATE OF MONTANA, NOV 2 3 2020 Bowen Greenw000 Plaintiff and Appellee, Clerk of Suprerne Court StRti= NAnntana

v. ORDER JIM CASSADY, Defendant and Appellant.

Counsel for the Appellant Jim Cassady 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). Cassady was granted time to file a response, but no response was filed.

The Court has now independently examined the record pursuant to § 46-8-103(2), MCA, and Anders. We conclude there are no arguments with potential legal merit that could be raised in Cassady's appeal in this case.

Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that this appeal is DISMISSED.

The Clerk is directed to provide copies ofthis Order to all counsel of record and to Cassady personally.

DATED this a--9 -day of November,2020.

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