Read People v. Thurman, E040720

Conviction and sentence for assault by means likely to cause great bodily injury, criminal threats, second degree robbery, false imprisonment by violence, and carjacking are affirmed as: 1) defendant's claims either lacked merit or would not be cognizable on appeal even if a certificate of probable cause had been issued; and 2) a claim that his attorney should have been required to file a "Wende/Anders" pleading was without merit.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/21/2007
• Published 11/21/2007

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Stephen S. Buckley, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Barry J.T. Carlton, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Sharon L. Rhodes, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.