No. 22-6656

Randy Lee Stapleton v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-01-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-waiver circuit-split constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miscarriage-of-justice motion-to-withdraw
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2023-02-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an appellate court should review on the merits the denial of a motion to withdraw a guilty plea notwithstanding a purported waiver of appeal

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED After learning of the objective evidence (body camera video footage) documenting an unlawful warrantless search and seizure, the defendant moved to withdraw his plea on the grounds that his trial counsel failed to file a meritorious motion to suppress. The question is: Whether an appellate court should review on the merits the denial of a motion to withdraw a guilty plea notwithstanding a purported waiver of appeal, as most federal circuits would do as falling under a miscarriage of justice, or whether, as the Fifth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits do, fail to recognize a miscarriage of justice exception to appellate waivers.

Docket Entries

2023-02-27
Petition DENIED.
2023-02-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/24/2023.
2023-02-01
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2023-01-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 1, 2023)

Attorneys

Randy Lee Stapleton
Tarik S. AdlaiLaw Offices of Tarik S. Adlai, Petitioner
Tarik S. AdlaiLaw Offices of Tarik S. Adlai, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent