Criminal
Jan. 21, 2000
Justices Clarify Which Way the 'Wende' Blows
WASHINGTON - Handing a major victory to California prosecutors, the Supreme Court Wednesday upheld, 5-4, the state's 20-year-old practice of allowing attorneys to file "no merits" or Wende appellate briefs for indigent criminal defendants.
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