mutual-mistake

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-7286 Vonteak Alexander v. Jane Doe, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-04-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP contract-law criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process judicial-discretion legal-reformation mistake-of-law mutual-mistake plea-agreement May a court reform an accepted, valid, federal plea agreement containing a mutual mistake of law to circumvent the mistake to the defendant's prejudic…
21-122 Davin Seth Waters v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-28 Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea habeas-corpus judicial-discretion mutual-mistake plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal voluntariness Does the doctrine of mutual mistake provide a cognizable basis to find a guilty plea involuntary?