With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". the Commonwealth’s efforts to equate the present circumstances with situations in which a Rule 1925(b) statement is filed, but the statement is later alleged to have omitted meritorious issues. In this regard, it is well established that the decision whether to presume prejudice or to require an appellant to demonstrate actual prejudice “turns on the magnitude of the deprivation of the right to effective assistance of counsel.” Flores-Ortega, 528 U.S. at 482, 120 S.Ct. at 1037. As we observed in Lantzy, the failure to perfect a requested direct appeal is the functional equivalent of having no repre sentation at all. Id. at 225, 736 A.2d at 571 (citing Evitts, 469 U.S. at 394 n. 6, 105 S.Ct. at 835 n. 6 (1985)); see also Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988) (<HOLDING>). The difference in degree between failures

A: holding that the complete denial of counsel on direct appeal requires a finding of prejudice
B: holding that a defendant has a constitutional right to counsel as a matter of right on direct appeal
C: holding that prejudice should be presumed where counsel filed notice of appeal but failed to perfect the direct appeal
D: recognizing the right to counsel on appeal
A.