California Court of Appeal

In a case addressing whether the procedures in Anders and Wende are required for an appeal from the denial of outpatient status pursuant to a petition to restore competency, the court of appeals rules that: 1) the reasoning in Conservatorship of Ben C., 40 Cal.4th 529 (2007) was applicable to th underlying case; and 2) an independent review of the record pursuant to Anders/Wende was not required.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/16/2008
• Published 04/16/2008

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Paul Bernstein, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Appellant., Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, Charles A. French and Stephanie A. Mitchell, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.