No. 25-7114

Brian Vasquez v. Colorado

Lower Court: Colorado
Docketed: 2026-03-30
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargain procedural-default sixth-amendment
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

1) When counsel provides erroneous advice which causes a defendant to accept
a plea he otherwise wouldn't have, and such misadvice does not manifest itself
for years, should any procedural default be correctly imputed to the state?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether erroneous advice from counsel causing a defendant to accept a plea he otherwise would not have accepted, when such misadvice does not manifest itself for years, should result in procedural default being imputed to the state

Docket Entries

2026-04-03
Waiver of right of respondent Colorado to respond filed.
2025-12-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 29, 2026)

Attorneys

Brian Vasquez
Brian Vasquez — Petitioner
Colorado
Jillian Joy PriceColorado Attorney General's Office, Respondent