*488 Justice Breyer, concurring. I write to emphasize that the question presented concerned the filing of a “notice of appeal following a guilty plea.” Pet. for Cert. i (emphasis added). In that context I agree with the Court. I also join its opinion, which, in my view, makes clear that counsel does “almost always” have a constitutional duty to c…
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