No. 19-6551

Neil Timothy Aho v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2019-11-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review criminal-procedure discovery guilty-plea ineffective-assistance-of-counsel obstruction-of-justice plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal sentencing-guidelines withdrawal-of-plea
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2019-12-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the appellate court erred in not finding that the district court abused its discretion by denying Petitioner's motion to withdraw his guilty plea

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Issue 1: Whether the appellate court erred in not finding that the district court abused its discretion by denying Petitioner’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea made prior to sentencing based upon an incomplete understanding of the sentencing guidelines, failure to retain a forensic computer expert and a change in the sentencing guidelines. Issue 2: Whether the appellate court erred in not finding that district court erred in sentencing Petitioner including a +2 level guideline adjustment for obstruction of justice based upon his testimony during a hearing on his motion to vacate his guilty plea that he did not fully understand his sentencing guideline exposure and the discovery based upon his attorney-client conferences. 3 PrefixIN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES OCTOBER TERM, 2018 NEIL TIMOTHY AHO, PETITIONER, VS. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, RESPONDENT. PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED : | STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT The Petitioner, NEIL TIMOTHY AHO, respectfully prays that a writ of certiorari issue to review the judgmentorder of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit entered on June 27, 2019, Case No. 1812455-D; Southern District of Florida Case Number 15~-cr60225-KAM.

Docket Entries

2019-12-09
Petition DENIED.
2019-11-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2019.
2019-11-18
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-09-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 9, 2019)

Attorneys

Neil Aho
Arthur L. Wallace IIIsuite 400, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent