Is an appointed appellate counsel's duty to prosecute an indigent criminal defendant's first appeal as of right?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Sade C., In re, 13 Cal.4th 952, 55 Cal.Rptr.2d 771, 920 P.2d 716 (Cal. 1996):
In Anders, the court considered appointed appellate counsel's duty to prosecute an indigent criminal defendant's first appeal as of right, "after [he] [13 Cal.4th 969] has conscientiously determined that there is no merit to the ... appeal." (Anders v. California, supra, 386 U.S. at p. 739, 87 S.Ct. at p. 1397.)
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