Antonio Minnis v. United States
This Court in Strickland v. Washington , 466 U.S. 668, 80 L.Ed.2d 674, 104 S.Ct. 2052 (1984), laid the foundation for the gauging of ineffective assistance of counsel claims. When an attorney admits to this ineffectiveness and the Defendant rejects a favorable plea, does the subsequent enhanced sentence justify the court 's prejudice prong presented in Strickland.
Should a writ of certiorari be granted based on this court 's reasoning in Strickland v. Washington , 466 U.S. 668, 80 l.ed.2d 674, 104 S.Ct. 2052 (1984) when counsel failed to properly research a Career Offender application [and admitted to his misadvise] which led Minnis to reject a favorable initial plea offer
Whether the court's prejudice prong in Strickland v. Washington is satisfied when an attorney admits to ineffective assistance and the defendant rejects a favorable plea, resulting in an enhanced sentence