Court Opinion

ID: 9467776
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 01:56:30.625933+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:40:31.466519
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NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge,
dissenting.
It is an important duty of counsel to ensure that his client has an opportunity to present his claims at an appeal of right. *548Appellate counsel’s failure to comply with Kentucky’s Rule of Appellate Procedure 1.095(a)(1), causing the dismissal of the appeal without a consideration of the merits, is ineffective assistance of counsel violative of due process. Gilbert v. Sowders, 646 F.2d 1146 (6th Cir. 1981) (per curiam) (Jones, concurring). See also Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 745, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 1400, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967); Benoit v. Wingo, 423 F.2d 880, 883 (6th Cir. 1970). Consequently, I would affirm the judgment of the district court granting Seabold’s petition for writ of habeas corpus.