What are some of the issues that have been raised in a brief to the California Court of Appeal?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Morales, F073005 (Cal. App. 2017):
Appellate counsel filed a brief pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436, asserting that after a thorough review of the record she could not identify any arguable issues. By letter dated August 24, 2016, we invited Morales to inform this court of any issues he wished us to address. Morales did not respond to our invitation.
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