No. 23-5150

Augustus Quintrell Light v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-07-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-due-process criminal-procedure government-misconduct illegal-sentence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining prosecutorial-discretion sentencing sentencing-error
Key Terms:
Securities
Latest Conference: 2023-09-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals commit plain error when it found that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying petitioner's motion to withdraw global plea agreement, and erred in finding that the government fulfilled its obligations under the global plea agreement, purportedly did not mandate an illegal sentence, when in fact the global plea agreement did mandate an illegal sentence when the premise the prosecutor made could not be fulfilled?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED NUMBER ONE, DID THE ElGHTH CRCUIT Court oF APPEALS Commit PLAIN ERROR WHEN jr Found THAT THE “DISTRICT COURT BID NoT AGUSE ITS DisceeTtod INDENTING PETIONERS MOTION To wiTADRA GLOBAL PLEA AGREEMENT, AND uStedl 7 CounD THAT THE GOVERNMENT FULFILLED 17S o@LGATIONS UNDER THE cioB FLEA AGREEMENT, PURPORTEDLY iD Nov MANDATE AW [ULceAL SENTENCE, WHEN WS FACT THE GLOBAL BEA Agece-~ MENT bi) MANDATE AN ILLEGAL SENTENCE UIHEN THE PREMISE THE PRosecuTOR MANE Coup. Nor BE Fuckiép ? NUMBER T Wo, Din THE EletTA CRIT ‘Coort OF APPEALS ERR IN AFFIRMING THe DistTeicT COURTS CONCLUSION THAT PETITIONER MAY ONIX Foa AN (LLegaL SENTENCE, INeFFeCnye ASSASTANCE OF COUNSEL, AND LEGAL INNGEENCE CLAIM, WITHDRAW HIS “GLOBAL PLEA AGREE MENT/ CONTRACT" ONLN ON DIRECT APPEAL o@ COLLATERAL ATTACK PURSUANT To THE F.R.Ceim, P [N(@), VEHEN PETITIONER ON REMAND AND GEFORE SENTENUNG Moved To WITHDRAW “GLOBAL PLEA AGRCEMENT/Cottencr” PURSUANT To F.@.Ceim.?. iN(d) (2) (@) "FAR AND JUST REASON STANDARD | : oP |S .

Docket Entries

2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-07-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-07-25
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-07-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 21, 2023)

Attorneys

Augustus Light
Augustus Quintrell Light — Petitioner
Augustus Quintrell Light — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent