No. 18-5656
IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights counsel-misadvice counsel-role due-process illegal-sentence ineffective-assistance plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing trial-court-denial waiver waiver-of-rights
Key Terms:
FifthAmendment DueProcess HabeasCorpus Punishment
FifthAmendment DueProcess HabeasCorpus Punishment
Latest Conference:
2018-10-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Were the petitioner's constitutional rights violated when the trial court denied her motion for illegal sentence based on counsel's misadvice to accept an illegal plea?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED I. WERE THE PETITIONER’S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS VIOLATED WHEN THE TRIAL COURT DENIED HER MOTION FOR ILLEGAL SENTENCE BASED UPON THE PETITIONER’S REFERENCE TO COUNSEL’S ROLE IN MISADVISING HER TO ACCEPT AN ILLEGAL PLEA AND WHETHER BY SIGNING A NEGOTIATED PLEA AGREEMENT SHE WAIVED HER CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO AN ILLEGAL SENTENCE.
Docket Entries
2018-10-29
Petition DENIED.
2018-10-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/26/2018.
2018-06-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 19, 2018)
Attorneys
Venise Metayer
Venise Metayer — Petitioner