Toston v. State

How courts have described this case

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• holding that an evidentiary hearing was required to determine whether counsel failed to file an appeal after being asked to do so
• recognizing that counsel has a duty to file a notice of appeal when requested to do so even when the conviction arises from a guilty plea
• holding that trial counsel has a duty to file a direct appeal when a client requests one or when the client expresses dissatisfaction with his conviction and sentence
• providing circumstances where counsel may infer a client's desire to appeal in 3 case where client pleaded guilty
• explaining the defendant has the burden to 18 indicate his desire to pursue a direct appeal
• discussing counsel's duties to inform a defendant about the right to appeal and to file an appeal in a guilty plea context

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).