No. 18-7468

Robert Charles Jones v. Jack Palmer, Warden, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-01-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: attorney-advice criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus hill-v-lockhart ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel life-without-parole parole plea-bargaining post-conviction-relief sentencing sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus Punishment
Latest Conference: 2019-02-22
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Jones received ineffective assistance of counsel

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether Jones received ineffective assistance of counsel when his trial counsel advised him to stipulate to a sentence of life without the possibility of parole based on the attorney’s assurance that Jones would “most likely” be released after serving 15 to 18 years i

Docket Entries

2019-02-25
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/22/2019.
2019-02-05
Waiver of right of respondents Jack Palmer, et al. to respond filed.
2019-01-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 19, 2019)

Attorneys

Jack Palmer, et al.
Jeffrey Morgan ConnerOffice of the Attorney General of the State of Nevada, Respondent
Robert C. Jones
Jonathan Michael KirshbaumLaw Offices of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner