Is there any case law in which the court has allowed appellate counsel to represent an indigent criminal defendant in his first appeal?
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):
Then, in Pennsylvania v. Finley (1987) 481 U.S. 551, 107 S.Ct. 1990, 95 L.Ed.2d 539 (hereafter sometimes Finley ), the court declined to extend Anders beyond appointed appellate counsel's representation of an indigent criminal defendant in his first appeal as of right.
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