No. 18-9748
George Hernandez v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: confidential-informant criminal-procedure discovery due-process fair-trial guilty-plea informant plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal sentencing-disclosure withdrawal-of-plea
Key Terms:
Environmental SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Environmental SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference:
2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does the 'fair and just reason' standard for withdrawal of a guilty plea properly encompass the post-plea, pre-sentence acquisition of information about a confidential informant?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED GIVEN GOVERNMENT DISCOVERY DISCLOSURE PRACTICES RELATING TO ITS USE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANTS, DOES THE "FAIR AND JUST REASON" STANDARD FOR WITHDRAWAL OF A GUILTY PLEA PROPERLY ENCOMPASS THE POST-PLEA, PRESENTENCE ACQUISITION OF INFORMATION ABOUT A CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT THAT WOULD CAUSE A REASONABLE DEFENDANT TO HAVE NOT CHOSEN TO PLEAD GUILTY?
Docket Entries
2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-01
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-06-17
Attorneys
George Hernandez
Myra June Sun — Myra Sun - Attorney at Law, Petitioner
Myra June Sun — Myra Sun - Attorney at Law, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent