No. 21-7418
James Roland L'Heureux v. West Virginia
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: contract-law contractual-breach due-process fourteenth-amendment mabry-v-johnson plea-agreement pre-sentence-investigation sentencing sentencing-arguments
Key Terms:
DueProcess
DueProcess
Latest Conference:
2022-04-14
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the prosecution's conduct in making sentencing arguments outside the pre-sentence investigation report constitutes a breach of the plea agreement in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED I. Under Mabry v. Johnson, the prosecution may not breach a term of a plea agreement that can be said to have induced a plea, although jurisdictions are divided as to whether an implicit repudiation constitutes a breach. Below, the prosecution agreed to make sentencing arguments “based upon” the PreSentence Investigation, before making arguments with material outside the PSI. Does such conduct rise to the level of a contractual breach in derogation of the Fourteenth Amendment? i
Docket Entries
2022-04-18
Petition DENIED.
2022-03-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2022.
2022-03-22
Waiver of right of respondent West Virginia to respond filed.
2022-03-21
Motion (21M94) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal Granted.
2022-03-02
MOTION (21M94) DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022.
2022-01-12
Motion (21M94) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal filed.
2022-01-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 20, 2022)
Attorneys
James Roland L'Heureux
James Roland L'Heureux — Petitioner
West Virginia
Lindsay Sara See — Office of the West Virginia Attorney General, Respondent