No. 23-7477

Joseph Ira Patterson, III v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-05-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: appeal appellate-jurisdiction criminal-appeal criminal-procedure drug-possession due-process plea-agreement plea-bargain sentencing sentencing-enhancement waiver waiver-of-rights
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2024-06-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a provision in a plea agreement which bars a defendant from appealing 'any sentence of imprisonment' can be knowingly entered into well before the sentence has been imposed and the right to appeal has accrued

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether a provision in a plea agreement which bars a defendant from appealing “any sentence of imprisonment” can be knowingly entered into well before the sentence has been imposed and the right to appeal has accrued. -1 II.

Docket Entries

2024-06-10
Petition DENIED.
2024-05-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2024.
2024-05-20
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-05-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 14, 2024)

Attorneys

Joseph Ira Patterson
Jonathan David ByrneFederal Pub Defender S. Dist., Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent