No. 20-6382

Randall Allen Eplion, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-11-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: appeal-waiver appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-practice plea-agreement sentencing standing waiver
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2021-01-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a provision in a plea agreement which bars the defendant from appealing 'the right to seek appellate review of . . . any sentence of imprisonment ... on any ground whatsoever' can be knowingly entered into well before the sentence has been imposed and the right to appeal has accrued

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether a provision in a plea agreement which bars the defendant from appealing “the right to seek appellate review of . . . any sentence of imprisonment ... on any ground whatsoever” can be knowingly entered into well before the sentence has been imposed and the right to appeal has accrued.

Docket Entries

2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-12-02
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-11-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 21, 2020)

Attorneys

Randall Eplion
Jonathan David ByrneFederal Pub Defender S. Dist., Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent