Is a defendant's appointed counsel required to conduct an independent review of the record?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Feliciano, H040727 (Cal. App. 2014):
Defendant's appointed counsel has filed an opening brief in which no issues are raised. Counsel asks this court to conduct an independent review of the record as required by People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende). Counsel has declared that he advised defendant that this court will notify her that appointed counsel has filed a Wende brief and give her the opportunity to inform this court of any issues she wishes to bring to our attention.
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