No. 21-5142

Michael Angelo Williams v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-07-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea harmless-error ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment sixth-circuit withdrawal-of-plea
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Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Mr. Williams should have been permitted to withdraw his guilty plea

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Whether this honorable Court should grant certiorari to review whether Mr. Williams should have been permitted to withdraw his guilty plea, which request was filed less than three weeks after Mr. Williams received new counsel? Whether this honorable Court should grant certiorari to review the Sixth Circuit’s determination that harmless error subsumed Mr. Williams’ arguments regarding his U.S.S.G. §2D1.1(b)(1) sentencing enhancement? Whether this honorable Court should grant certiorari to review the substantive reasonableness of Mr. Williams’ sentence? i

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-07-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-07-23
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2021-07-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 19, 2021)

Attorneys

Michael Williams
Blake P. SomersBlake P. Somers, LLC, Petitioner
Blake P. SomersBlake P. Somers, LLC, Petitioner
United States of America
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent