William Taylor v. Richard Brown, Superintendent, Wabash Valley Correctional Facility
HabeasCorpus
Whether the additional sixty (60) years Taylor received at trial when attorney Allen Lidy failed to communicate the Boone County twenty (20) year plea offer constituted prejudice to Taylor under Lafler v. Cooper, 132 S. Ct. 1376, 1391 (2012)?
QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. WHETHER THE ADDITIONAL SIXTY (60) YEARS TAYLOR RECEIVED AT TRIAL WHEN ATTORNEY ALLEN LIDY FAILED TO COMMUNICATE THE BOONE COUNTY TWENTY (20) YEAR PLEA OFFER CONSTITUTED . , PREJUDICE TO TAYLOR UNDER LAFLER V. COOPER, 132s. Ct. 1376, 1391 (2012)? " IL. WHETHER IT WAS ABUSE OF DISCRETION WHEN ALL THE LOWER COURTS ACCEPTED AND USED HEARSAY TESTIMONY FROM ATTORNEY ALLEN G. LIDY FROM AN UNDISCLOSED LETTER, ALLEGEDLY WRITTEN FIVE (5) MONTHS PRIOR TO TRIAL, TO JUSTIFY LIDY’S FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE THE BOONE COUNTY’S TWENTY (20) YEARS PLEA OFFER TO TAYLOR? \ ii Ce .