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2 results for “Rodney Lavalais”

Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Tags Question Presented
20-5852 Robert Louis Brandon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-09-30 Denied appellate-review automatic-reversal circuit-split criminal-procedure guilty-plea prejudice-inquiry rehaif-error rehaif-v-united-states structural-error Is a district court's error under Rehaif v. United States a structural error that warrants automatic reversal of a guilty plea?
20-5489 Rodney Lavalais v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-08-25 Denied 2k2.1(b)(4)(a) appellate-review due-process guilty-plea plain-error-review plea-voluntariness prejudice sentencing-guidelines stolen structural-error When a defendant's plea was not knowingly and intelligently made, is automatic reversal required?