ORIGINAL 03/08/2022

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA Case Number: DA 20-0606

DA 20-0606 I X LIIINE

STATE OF MONTANA, MAR 0 8 2022 Bovven Greenwood Clerk of Suprerne Coun Plaintiff and Appellee, . tr4te ryf IVIneNtan

v. ORDER CHRISTOPHER I TOULOUSE, Defendant and Appellant.

Counsel for Appellant Christopher I Toulouse filed a motion and brief asking to be allowed to withdraw from this appeal on grounds that he 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). Toulouse responded to counsel's brief and objected to counsel's motion.

The Court has now independently examined the record pursuant to § 46-8-103(2), MCA, and Anders. We have considered the arguments raised by counsel and by Toulouse in his response. We conclude there are no arguments with potential legal merit that could be raised in a direct appeal of Toulouse's conviction in this case.

Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that this appeal is DISMISSED.

The Clerk is directed to provide copies of this Order to all counsel of record and to the appellant personally‘1, 1_, DATED this s"." ----day of March, 2022.

Chief Justice ,24f