State v. Molina

Rule 3:21-4(h) specifically provides that “[a]fter imposing sentence, whether following the defendant’s plea of guilty or a finding of guilty after trial, the court shall advise the defendant of the right to appeal and, if the defendant is indigent, of the right to appeal as an indigent.” Pursuant to Rule 2:4-l(a), “[a]ppeals from final judgments of courts ... shall be taken within 45 days of their entry.” And, Rule 2:4-4(a) allows a thirty-day extension “upon a showing of good cause and the absence of prejudice ... but only if the notice of appeal ... was in fact served and filed within the…