Samuel Trelawney Hughes v. United States
ERISA DueProcess FifthAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Did the Ninth Circuit's rejecting Petitioner's due-process claim regarding his change-of-plea hearing conflict with Boykin-and-its-progeny, particularly considering that the district-court-record in its totality evidenced that Petitioner had serious-cognitive-deficiencies associated with his having Autism-Spectrum-Disorder, about which the district-court did not inquire?
QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW In Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238, 243-44 (1969), the Court held that due process principles require a trial court to conduct a change-of-plea hearing such that the defendant demonstrates that he is entering his plea knowingly and voluntarily. Boykin also held that a trial court needs to develop a record sufficient for an appellate court examining the plea to determine that such the defendant knowingly and voluntarily relinquished core constitutional rights. Id. The question presented is as follows: Did the Ninth Circuit’s rejecting Petitioner’s due process claim regarding his change-of-plea hearing conflict with Boykin and its progeny, particularly considering that the district court record in its totality evidenced that Petitioner had serious cognitive deficiencies associated with his having Autism Spectrum Disorder, about which the district court did not inquire? -prefix