Montana Supreme Court, 2022

State v. T. Munyan

State v. T. Munyan
Montana Supreme Court · Decided April 26, 2022

State v. T. Munyan

Opinion

ORIGINAL 04/26/2022

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA Case Number: DA 21-0200

DA 21-0200

STATE OF MONTANA, APR 2 b zu22 Bowen Greenwood Clerk of Supreme Plaintiff and Appellee, State Of Court Montana

v. ORDER TIMOTHY GALE MUNYAN, Defendant and Appellant.

Counsel for the Appellant Timothy Gale Munyan 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). Munyan 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. In reviewing appellate counsel's Anders brief, we determined that counsel failed to adequately examine the record as the submitted brief contains no facts or legal analysis of any matters which occurred subsequent to the jury verdict.

Our examination of the sentencing phase of the record indicates that nonfrivolous issues may exist on appeal. We direct counsel to review the complete record on appeal.

We specifically direct counsel to examine whether the District Court's written judgment conforms with its oral pronouncement of sentence and to examine the District Court's rulings regarding the fines, fees, costs, and surcharges imposed in Condition 13 of the Judgment and Sentence.

Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that counsel's motion to be allowed to withdraw is DENIED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Appellant's opening brief shall be due within thirty days of the date of this Order.

The Clerk is directed to provide copies of this Order to all counsel of record and to Munyan personally. .vN,..„ DATED this Z-4 ) day of April, 2022.

Chief Justice

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