533 F. Supp. 2d 844 - Dodd v. Knight’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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1. “Because the direct appeal and the post-conviction appeal are separate, albeit consolidated for efficiency, each retains its own unique characteristics. And while a defendant does not have a constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel on post-conviction review, see Pennsylvania v. Finley, 481 U.S. 551, 555 , 107 S.Ct. 1990 , 95 L.Ed.2d 539 (1987), he does have a right to a direct appeal of his criminal conviction, and a constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel on that direct appeal, see Mason [v. Hanks ], 97 F.3d [887] at 892 [ (7th Cir.1996) ]. Appellate counsel’s failure “to show up for appeal — which can occur either if the lawyer fails to initiate the appeal or if the lawyer fails to prosecute the appeal,” Castellanos, 26 F.3d at 719, denies the defendant “of more than a fair judicial proceeding,” it deprives him “of the appellate proceeding altogether,” Flores-Ortega, 528 U.S. at 483 , 120 S.Ct. 1029 (emphasis in original).”

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