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GARZA v. IDAHO 

Opinion of the Court 

the  status  quo  that  existed  before  counsel’s  deficient  per-
formance  forfeited  the  appeal,  and  it  allows  an  appellate
court to consider the appeal as that court otherwise would 
have  done—on  direct  review,  and  assisted  by  counsel’s
briefing. 

IV 
We hold today that the presumption of prejudice recog-
nized  in  Flores-Ortega  applies  regardless  of  whether  a 
defendant  has  signed  an  appeal  waiver.  This  ruling  fol-
lows  squarely  from  Flores-Ortega  and  from  the  fact  that 
even  the  broadest  appeal  waiver  does  not  deprive  a  de-
fendant  of  all  appellate  claims.  Accordingly  where,  as 
here, an attorney performed deficiently in failing to file a 
notice  of  appeal  despite  the  defendant’s  express  instruc-
tions,  prejudice  is  presumed  “with  no  further  showing
from the defendant of the merits of his underlying claims.” 
See Flores-Ortega, 528 U. S., at 484. 

The  judgment  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Idaho  is  there-
fore  reversed,  and  the  case  is  remanded  for  further  pro-
ceedings not inconsistent with this opinion. 

It is so ordered. 

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We are confident that courts can continue to deal efficiently with such 
cases via summary dispositions and the procedures outlined in Anders. 
See 386 U. S., at 744; n. 9, supra.