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Gilberto Garza, Jr., Petitioner v. Idaho
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February 27, 2019
Split High Court Upholds Post-Plea Appeal Rights
A defendant whose lawyer's poor performance scuttled his chances at an appeal should be presumed to have been harmed by the lawyer's actions, even if the defendant has waived his appeal rights through a plea deal, the U.S. Supreme Court held in a split opinion on Wednesday.
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October 30, 2018
Justices Appear Aligned On Post-Plea Appeal Rights
U.S. Supreme Court justices from both sides of the bench on Tuesday seemed sympathetic to the idea that a defendant has the right to have a lawyer file an appeal even after waiving the right to most appellate claims via a plea agreement, and pushed back on arguments from federal and state prosecutors.