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P. v. Shields CA1/3
Kyle Shields appeals from an order finding him incompetent to stand trial and committing him to the State Department of State Hospitals (DSH) under Penal Code section 1370. Shields’s appointed counsel filed a brief that raises no issue for appeal and asks this court to conduct an independent review of the record pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende). We conclude that Wende review is not required here and that the issues Shields raises in a pro se supplemental brief lack merit. We therefore affirm.

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