People v. Podgurski CA4/1
Opinion
Opinion
Huffman, J.
STATEMENT OF FACTS
Since this is an appeal from a guilty plea, we only have the appellant's statement of
the offense from the change of plea form. She admitted that she "unlawfully and
willfully failed to appear as required in court having been charged with the commission
of a felony and released from custody on bail and to evade the process of the court."
DISCUSSION
As we have indicated, appellate counsel has filed a brief pursuant to Wende, supra,
25 Cal.3d 436, indicating he has been unable to identify any reasonably arguable issues
for reversal on appeal. He asks this court to review the record for error as mandated by
Wende. Appellate counsel has not complied with the requirement of Anders, supra,
386 U.S. 738, to identify any possible, but not arguable issues. However, given the
simplicity of this case, we are able to conduct an appropriate review of the appeal in a
search for any reasonably arguable issues. While we do not approve of counsel's failure
The case is now pending in this court in case No. D064114. 2 to fully comply with Anders, we are satisfied any error on his part is harmless beyond any
reasonable doubt.