No. 20-8247

Marcus Darwyn Jones v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-06-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea plea-bargaining plea-voluntariness prosecutor-misconduct prosecutorial-misrepresentation sentencing-consequences sorna waiver
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether reliance on a prosecutor's legal misstatements regarding the consequences of a guilty plea renders that plea involuntary and unknowing

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether reliance on a prosecutor’s legal misstatements regarding the consequences of a guilty plea renders that plea involuntary and unknowing. 2. Whether a judge or prosecutor can waive SORNA provisions so that individuals pleading guilty based on assurances SORNA will not apply are protected against SORNA’s application. i

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-06-11
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-06-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 9, 2021)

Attorneys

Marcus Jones
Mary Margaret PenroseTexas A&M University School of Law, Petitioner
Mary Margaret PenroseTexas A&M University School of Law, Petitioner
United States
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent