Legal Opinion
State v. Stump
Washington Supreme Court
Decided April 28, 2016No. 91531-8PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGordon McCloud, J.
¶1 Curtis Guy Stump was convicted of possession of heroin following a bench trial. He filed a notice of appeal. Clerk’s Papers (CP) at 27. The trial court then appointed a lawyer to represent Stump on the appeal at public expense.
¶2 That lawyer, however, did not file a brief in support of Stump’s appeal. Instead, Mr. Stump’s appointed lawyer moved to withdraw and filed an Anders1 brief, arguing not that the appeal was meritorious but that it was wholly frivolous. A commissioner of the Court of Appeals, Division Three, granted defense counsel’s motion to withdraw, agreed with defense counsel’s…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- Evitts v. LuceySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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