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TN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA Case Number: DA 19-0720

DA 19-0720 FILED STATE OF MONTANA, MAR 0 9 2021 Bowen Greenw000 Clerk of Supreme Couri Plaintiff and Appellee, State of Montana

v. ORDER PAUL LEONARD BEAN, Defendant and Appellant.

Counsel for Appellant Paul Leonard Bean 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. Califbrnia, 386 U.S. 738,87 S. Ct. 1396(1967). This Court granted Bean time to respond, 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 Bean'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 Bean personally.

DATED this C\ "day of March, 2021.

Chief Justice