How have appellate counsel been appointed to represent a defendant on an appeal?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Preciado, B293778 (Cal. App. 2020):
Defendant timely appealed. We appointed appellate counsel to represent defendant. Appellate counsel filed a brief pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende) in which no issues were raised.
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