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ERNEST C. ROE, WARDEN, PETITIONER v. LUCIO FLORES-ORTEGA
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
[February 23, 2000]
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 consult with a defendant about an appeal after a trial. Post, at 1 (Souter, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part); cf. ante, at 7—9.