In Re Anders Briefs

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• explaining that the procedure established by Anders operates as a substitute for the advocacy of counsel that is typically necessary to assure a fair result
• stating that \indigents in their first appeal as of right should not lose their Anders rights simply because counsel are able to identify some relatively minor sentencing issues in `no merit' briefs\
• stating that upon counsel's submission of an Anders brief \[t]he appellate court then assumes the responsibility of conducting a full and independent review of the record to discover any arguable issues apparent on the face of the record\
• striking the Public Defender fee and remanding for the trial court to advise defendant of the right to a hearing to contest it
• “Upon counsel’s submission of ... an Anders brief, the indigent must be given the opportunity to file a pro se brief.”
• “The appellate court then assumes the responsibility of conducting a full and independent review of the record to discover any arguable issues apparent on the face of the record.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).