California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Kayla G., In re, 40 Cal.App.4th 878, 47 Cal.Rptr.2d 86 (Cal. App. 1995):
3. Although an indigent's right to appointed counsel on appeal is ostensibly based on equal protection grounds, appellants represented by retained counsel are not entitled to Wende review. (People v. Placencia (1992) 9 Cal.App.4th 422, 428, 11 Cal.Rptr.2d 727.) Again, we refer to the Oregon court which noted: "The indigent appellant certainly has the same right to present an appeal as one who is not indigent, but it is not clear why an indigent should have a right to a more comprehensive appeal process than a non-indigent." (State v. Horine, supra, 64 Or.App. at pp. 543-544, 669 P.2d 797, fn. omitted.)
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