California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Mahoney, G053594 (Cal. App. 2017):
We appointed counsel to represent defendant. Counsel did not argue against his client, but advised the court that after a full review of the record he was unable to find an issue to argue on his client's behalf. (People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436.) Defendant was given an opportunity to file a written argument in his own behalf, but he has not done so.
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