Taylor

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 306 [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 307 OPINION In Conservatorship of Ben C. (2007) 40 Cal.4th 529 [ 53 Cal.Rptr.3d 856 , 150 P.3d 738 ] ( Ben C. ), our Supreme Court held that the judicial review procedures established in Anders v. California (1967) *Page 308 386 U.S. 738 [ 18 L.Ed.2d 493 , 87 S.Ct. 1396 ], and People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 [ 158 Cal.Rptr. 839 , 600 P.2d 1071 ], do not apply to conservatorship proceedings under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (LPSA) (Welf. Inst. Code, § 5000 et seq.). Here we conclude that appeals from civil commitments under the Mentally Disordered Offender Act (MDOA) (Pen. Code, 1 § 2962 et seq.) are also exempt from the Anders/Wende review requirements. After a court trial, appellant Kory Taylor was ordered committed to the State Department of Mental Health for treatment as a mentally disordered offender (MDO). Appointed appellate counsel filed an opening brief raising no issues and requesting…