No. 18-1102

Askia Cuff v. Virginia

Lower Court: Virginia
Docketed: 2019-02-22
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: abandonment coercion counsel-withdrawal criminal-procedure plea-agreement plea-bargaining right-to-counsel sixth-amendment voluntariness voluntary voluntary-waiver withdrawal
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Latest Conference: 2019-03-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was Appellant's waiver of his Sixth Amendment right to trial, pursuant to a plea agreement, freely and voluntarily made or the product of coercion — thus invalid?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Was Appellant’s waiver of his Sixth Amendment right to trial, pursuant to a plea agreement, freely and voluntarily made or the product of coercion — thus invalid — where Appellant pled guilty to the charges after his trial counsel threatened Appellant that counsel would withdraw from the case and abandon Appellant and the case if Appellant did not accept the Commonwealth’s plea offer?

Docket Entries

2019-04-01
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/29/2019.
2019-03-07
Waiver of right of respondent Virginia to respond filed.
2019-02-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 25, 2019)

Attorneys

Askia Cuff
Patricia Palmer NagelThe Law Offices of Patricia Palmer Nagel, P.L.C., Petitioner
Virginia
Toby Jay HeytensOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent