What is a fundamental right to counsel on appeal from a conviction as well as at the criminal trial?
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The following excerpt is from Restrepo v. Kelly, 178 F.3d 634 (2nd Cir. 1999):
"[T]he right to be represented by counsel," on direct appeal from a conviction as well as at the criminal trial, "is among the most fundamental of rights." Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 84-85, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988).
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