TUSooner
12/20/2006, 03:36 PM
Ever file an Anders brief? Whattya think about them?
Cop-out?
Cheap way to get the court (i.e. some law clerk or staff atty) to do your job for you?
Is it a cop-out to appeal just one issue and tacitly waive everything else?
I can easy to see why you should file one if the dude or dudette pleaded guilty, especially if he or she waived an appeal. But we are seeing Anders motions after multi-day JURY TRIALs, where the lawyer offers a lame mention of one or 2 issue and then ignores the majority of the record and basically leaves it up to the court to review the record for him (or her). That's waaaay lame, IMHO.
BTW, after doing some of these, I'd be a great crim defense appeal lawyer :D
Our esteeemed colleague O. Homey, Esq. may now want to explain to the lay folk what is an Anders brief. :)
Cop-out?
Cheap way to get the court (i.e. some law clerk or staff atty) to do your job for you?
Is it a cop-out to appeal just one issue and tacitly waive everything else?
I can easy to see why you should file one if the dude or dudette pleaded guilty, especially if he or she waived an appeal. But we are seeing Anders motions after multi-day JURY TRIALs, where the lawyer offers a lame mention of one or 2 issue and then ignores the majority of the record and basically leaves it up to the court to review the record for him (or her). That's waaaay lame, IMHO.
BTW, after doing some of these, I'd be a great crim defense appeal lawyer :D
Our esteeemed colleague O. Homey, Esq. may now want to explain to the lay folk what is an Anders brief. :)