No. 18-7418

Derrick T. Seals v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-01-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 851-enhancement ambiguous-plea contract criminal-procedure due-process enhancement government-breach ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines supervised-release
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Immigration
Latest Conference: 2019-02-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did government breach plea agreement/contract when defendant never agreed to enhancement?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED : 1) Did government breach plea agreement/contract when defendant never agreed to. enhancement? 2) Was Defendant mislead into plea agreement provisions inclusive of ‘Supervised Release which would be subjective to PSIR? ; 3) Did District Court err by denying Defendants Motion for Reduction of si. : sentence pursuant to 18 USC § 3582 (c)(2) and Amendment 782? ; 4) Was Defense Counsel deficient or ineffective in the assistance of defense in the criminal matter? ; 5) Why was Defendant held accountable for leadership role when he was minor : participant? . : 6) Why was Defendant given "851" without being notified pursuant of the indictment? 7) Was plea agreement which was offered by government ‘to the Defendant ambiguous or deceptive?

Docket Entries

2019-02-19
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2019-01-22
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-12-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 14, 2019)

Attorneys

Derrick T. Seals
Derrick Seals — Petitioner
Derrick Seals — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent