Aloeng Kelly Vang v. Tom Roy, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Corrections
HabeasCorpus Privacy
Where offers of straight pleas to the district court is permitted under state law, does state criminal defendants receive their Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance-of-counsel
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1. Where offers of straight pleas to the district court is permitted under state law, does state criminal defendants receive their Sixth Amendment right to effective where counsel fails to carry out the defendants wishes to plea guilty to the charged offense, and the defendants are force to stand trial and be convicted on a more severer indicted crime and punishment? 2. Whether the prejudice prong of claims involves : examining the effect: of.deficient ‘performance upon the proceeding already held rather than looking to hypothetical results of a hypothetical future ; prosecution? . . oo 3. What is the appropriate analytical framework for gulity pleas involving straight pleas where state law doesn't require consent from the government? 4. In regards to straight pleas, is a criminal defendant "ultimate authority" to plead guilty infringed if the state intervene with the defendant from pleading guilty to the charged offense? . i