Jose Luis Meza-Lopez v. United States
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Does the Court's holding in Cuellar v. United States require more than a finding of concealing something for transportation to show money laundering?
QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Does the Court's holding in Cuellar v. United States, Require more than a finding of concealing something for transportation to show money laundering; If so was Meza's counsel ineffective for advising him to plead guilty to that charge, although Meza did not know or admit to knowing the funds were concealed for the purpose of hiding that they were obtained illegally and the factual basis of guilt was no sufficient? ; II. Is a guilty plea voluntary when counsel coerce a defendant into pleading guilty based on the false claim that by pleading OS guilty he would avoid a consequence that would occur iff he went to trial and lost; If so was Meza's counsel ineffective for coercing him to do so? . : | 3 . : .