No. 21-5098
Hal Herring Brown, Jr. v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appeal-waiver criminal-procedure fourth-circuit ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel money-laundering plea-agreement plea-bargaining securities-fraud
Key Terms:
DueProcess
DueProcess
Latest Conference:
2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit erred in dismissing the petitioner's meritorious appeal of his conviction for securities-fraud and money-laundering offenses because of the appeal-waiver of the plea-agreement when the petitioner's appeal was based on ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW A. WHETHER THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT ERRED IN DISMISSING THE PETITIONER’S MERITORIOUS APPEAL OF HIS CONVICTION FOR SECURITIES FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING OFFENSES BECAUSE OF THE APPEAL WAIVER OF THE PLEA AGREEMENT WHEN THE PETITIONER’S APPEAL WAS BASED ON INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL. i
Docket Entries
2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-07-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-07-20
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-07-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 16, 2021)
Attorneys
Hal Brown
Samuel Bayness Winthrop — Winthrop & Gaines Messick, PLLC, Petitioner
United States
Brian H. Fletcher — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent