Norman Simmons v. Edward F. Reynolds, Superintendent, Oneida Correctional Facility, and the People of the State of New York

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• holding that counsel's failure to file a brief for five years constituted ineffective assistance of counsel as a matter of law
• expressing no view on who might be appropriate defendants or whether any might be entitled to immunity in a separate suit for damages
• affirming habeas relief for a six-year delay where 18-b attorney failed to perfect appeal for five years and during this time the state neither removed the attorney nor informed the defendant that he could have the attorney removed
• “[N]o one factor is dispositive and all are to be considered together with the relevant circumstances.”
• six-year delay in resolving appeal, resulting in significant prejudice to defendant, deprived him of his due process right to a speedy appeal
• six-year delay in resolving appeal, resulting in significant prejudice to defendant, deprived him of his due process right to a speedy appeal

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