Steven B. Turner v. Mike Kemna
HabeasCorpus
Whether Missouri's rule conflicts with Lafler v. Cooper
QUESTION PRESENTED In Missouri, it is an ensuing plea of guilty that implicates the constitution. A criminal defendant cannot succeed on a post-conviction claim of ineffective assistance of plea counsel during plea negotiations, wherein outside the complained error, the defendant had an otherwise constitutionally sound trial. 1. Whether Missouri's rule conflicts with Lafler v. Cooper, 132 S.Ct. 1376 (2012), wherein as long as a petitioner has received an otherwise fair trial, counsel cannot be found ineffective for giving petitioner erroneous advice in deciding to go to trial in lieu of a plea agreement of a substantially lesser conviction and sentence, than that to which he was convicted of? . i