Toston v. State

OPINION

Appellant Anthony Toston pleaded guilty to first-degree kidnapping and robbery. In a post-conviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the judgment of conviction he alleged that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by misadvising him about the right to appeal from a judgment of conviction based on a guilty plea and failing to file an appeal when Toston expressed dissatisfaction at the sentencing hearing.

In this appeal from the district court’s order denying the habeas petition, we address trial counsel’s duty to provide information about the right to a…