IN RE CONSERVATORSHIP OF BEN C.

No. S126664.

53 Cal.Rptr.3d 856 (2007)

40 Cal.4th 529

150 P.3d 738

CONSERVATORSHIP OF the Person of BEN C. San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency, Petitioner and Respondent, v. Ben C, Objector and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

February 5, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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.

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.


CORRIGAN, J.

In an indigent criminal defendant's first appeal as a matter of right, the Court of Appeal must independently review the record if appointed counsel represents he or she has found no arguable issues. (Anders v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (Anders); People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436

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