OPINION
Defendant Marlon Rivera has moved for leave to file a late notice of appeal from a postjudgment restitution order. Although defendant's situation cannot be fitted into the limited circumstances where state law authorizes late filing, federal constitutional law holds that the failure of defendant's trial counsel to file a timely notice of appeal amounts to the ineffective assistance of counsel prohibited by the Sixth...
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