No. 18-6028

Maurice Baum v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-09-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure drug-amount drug-crimes due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining sentencing sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2018-10-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was Trial Counsel's failure to object to the District Court's determination and findings of the drug amount attributable to the Petitioner objectively unreasonable assistance of counsel in violation of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED . Was Trial Counsel's failure to object to the District Court's determination and findings of the drug amount attributable to the . Petitioner objectively unreasonable assistance of counsel in violation of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. os (II), : Was Trial Counsel's advisement for Petitioner to enter a guilty , plea to the Money Laundering Count, which carries a.statutory , maximum penalty of twenty years imprisonment, as opposed to the ; ' Dog Fighting Count, which carries a statutory maximum penalty of five years imprisonment, ineffective assistance of counsel in violation of the counsel guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment of the a United States Constitution. so, : (III) . Was Trial Counsel‘s advisement to the Petitioner of the benefits of enteringyinto a plea of guilty without an enhanced penalty for ' a supervisory role when the evidence would have been clear in showing ° otherwise, ineffective assistance of counsel in violation of the ‘ counsel guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment of the United States ~ Constitutior. ,

Docket Entries

2018-10-15
Petition DENIED.
2018-09-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/12/2018.
2018-09-25
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-03-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 18, 2018)

Attorneys

Maurice Baum
Maurice Baum — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent