No. 19-7954

Steven M. Leonhart v. Tim Shoop, Warden

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-03-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: competent-counsel constitutional-rights counsel-performance criminal-procedure due-process effective-counsel ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargain plea-bargaining sixth-amendment strategic-benefit
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Immigration
Latest Conference: 2020-05-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is defense counsel who makes a plea bargain that fails to give his client a substantial strategic benefit acting as competent and effective counsel as guaranteed by the United States Constitution?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED Is defense counsel who makes a plea bargain that fails to give his client a substantial strategic benefit acting as competent and effective counsel as guaranteed by the United States Constitution?

Docket Entries

2020-05-18
Petition DENIED.
2020-04-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020.
2020-01-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 10, 2020)

Attorneys

Steven Leonhart
Steven M. Leonhart — Petitioner
Steven M. Leonhart — Petitioner