No. 21-256

Bilal Hamid Love v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-08-23
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines strickland-standard
Key Terms:
FifthAmendment HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-10-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is defense counsel required to provide an estimate of potential guideline sentence when advising defendant on pleading guilty?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Is defense counsel required, in order to provide effective assistance of counsel, to give the defendant an estimate of the potential guideline sentence he is facing in advising the defendant on whether to enter a plea of guilty to Federal criminal charges? _ Is defense counsel ineffective when counsel fails and refuses to give a defendant any estimate of the various potential guideline sentences : depending on whether he pleads guilty or goes to trial? / 2

Docket Entries

2021-10-12
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
2021-09-10
Waiver of right of respondent of America, United States to respond filed.
2021-08-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 22, 2021)

Attorneys

Bilal Love
Gary Alan UdashenGary A. Udashen, Petitioner
of America, United States
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent