California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Puebla, B299620 (Cal. App. 2020):
Defendant's appointed counsel found no arguable issues and filed a brief under People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende), asking this court to independently review the record. On April 23, 2020, we directed counsel to send the record and a copy of the opening brief to appellant. Both his counsel and this court informed defendant that counsel had been unable to find any arguable issues. Defendant was invited to submit a supplemental brief or letter within 30 days raising any contentions he wished this court to consider. He did not do so.
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