How has the Court treated the appellant's request to appoint counsel to represent him on appeal?

At his request, this court appointed counsel to represent appellant on appeal. Counsel has filed a brief under the authority of People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 and Anders v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 738 [87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493], setting forth a statement of the case, a summary of the facts, and potential arguable issues, and requesting that we undertake an independent review of the entire record. We offered appellant an opportunity to file a personal supplemental brief and he has not done so.

Pursuant to the mandate of People v. Kelly (2006) 40 Cal.4th 106, we have conducted an independent review of the record. First, we examined the adequacy of the pretrial instructions, required by section 1122, subdivision (a). Section 1122 provides that after the jury panel has been sworn, but before opening statements, the court must instruct the members of the jury to not converse among themselves, or with anyone else, conduct research, disseminate information on any subject connected with the trial, and

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