Supreme Court of California

Neither the federal nor California Constitution requires Anders/Wende procedures in an appeal from the imposition of a conservatorship under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, and the court declines to extend the procedures under its inherent authority.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/05/2007
• Published 02/05/2007

Judges

• CORRIGAN, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Diane Nichols, under appointment by the Supreme Court, San Diego, and Robert L. Visnick, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Objector and Appellant., Cheryl A. Geyerman for Appellate Defenders, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Objector and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John J. Sansome, County Counsel, Thomas E. Montgomery, Assistant County Counsel, Leonard W. Pollard II and William A. Johnson, Jr., Deputy County Counsel, for Petitioner and Respondent.