Thurman

Defendant Nicholas E. Thurman appeals from a judgment entered, in part, after a guilty plea. He asserts that the issues he seeks to raise are cognizable on appeal, despite his failure to obtain a certificate of probable cause, because the trial court assured him that he could do so. We conclude that the issues either lack merit or would not be cognizable on appeal even if a certificate of probable cause had been issued, or both. We also reject defendant’s contention that an attorney who was appointed by the trial court to investigate possible grounds for a motion for a new trial should have been required to file a “Wende/Anders” pleading setting forth the issues he considered and rejected, in order to facilitate appellate review of the adequacy of his representation.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

A jury found defendant guilty of assault by means likely to cause great bodily injury (Pen. Code, § 245, subd. (a)(1); count 2); criminal threats (Pen. Code, § 422; count 3); second degree robbery (Pen. Code, § 211; count 4); and false imprisonment by violence (Pen. Code, § 236; count 5). The jury found defendant not guilty of attempted murder (Pen. Code, §§ 187, subd. (a), 664), as…