Ineffective Assistance – Guilty Plea Induced by Misadvice: Whether
a criminal defendant is denied the effective assistance of counsel, in
violation of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments, when trial
counsel affirmatively misadvises the defendant that a viable
affirmative defense (involuntary intoxication due to prescribed
medication) is not available – thereby inducing the defendant to
plead guilty – despite this Court's precedents holding that such
misadvice can render a plea involuntary (Hill v. Lockhart). In
particular, does a state court conflict with Strickland v. Washington
and Hill v. Lockhart by rejecting relief despite unrefuted evidence
that, but for counsel's erroneous advice about the defense, the
defendant would have insisted on a trial?

Question not identified.