plea-negotiations

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25-5588 Terry Willis v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure judicial-involvement lafler-v-cooper missouri-v-frye plea-negotiations sentencing-exposure The district court participated in plea discussions, in violation of Federal Rule Criminal Procedure 11(c)(1), by discussing the merits of a plea offe…
25-5164 Pierre Alexander Amerson v. Leslie Cooley Dismukes, Secretary, North Carolina Department of Adult Correction, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights counsel-representation due-process ineffective-assistance judicial-intervention plea-negotiations Whether A post-conviction attorney should have been stopped from proceeding with ex parte exploratory and ask a disproportionate, the subsequent given…
24-7304 Eric Alonzo Windham v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-05-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure judicial-participation plain-error-review plea-negotiations safety-valve-eligibility Whether the Eleventh Circuit's plain error review properly considered the full record under United States v. Davila when rejecting Mr. Windham's claim…
24-7220 Barry Ray Knight v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-charging defendant-rights due-process plea-negotiations prosecutorial-discretion vindictive-prosecution Can prosecutors evade vindictiveness claims any time they make a new charge against a defendant after the breakdown of plea negotiations, no matter th…
24-6329 George Ivory v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-01-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability government-misconduct habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-negotiations rule-15 Whether the Sixth Circuit misapplied Rule 15 in denying Ivory's motion for a Certificate of Appealability (COA) such that its denial order should be s…
24-5196 Nicholas Salfi v. Amy Robey, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-07-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP counsel-duty effective-assistance habeas-corpus Lafler-v-Cooper martinez-exception plea-negotiations prejudice procedural-default sixth-circuit Effective-assistance-of-counsel
23-7650 Samuel Cuellar v. Jeff Tanner, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-violation criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel informed-decision mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentences plea-bargaining plea-negotiations sentencing Whether petitioner is entitled to reinstatement of plea offer due to counsel's failure to inform him of mandatory minimum sentence
23-6379 Terrence LaFaive v. Records Custodian, Waukesha County District Attorney Wisconsin 2023-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-work-product civil-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment plea-negotiations public-records standing Does the Common-Law exception recognized in State ex rel. Richards v. Foust abridge the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights of a litigant?
23-6225 Michael Ramsey v. Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2023-12-11 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process negotiation-strategy plea-bargaining plea-negotiations right-to-claim-innocence Does Petitioner give up the right to claim innocence as a bargaining tool during plea negotiations?
23-6207 Ottis J. Cummings Jr., aka Ottis Junior Cummings, aka Otis Cummings, aka Ottis J. Commings, aka Otis J. Cummings v. Mississippi Mississippi 2023-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance plea-negotiations sex-discrimination standing trial-counsel Whether the Court denied Petitioner due process proceedings due to allegedly McKay's sex?
23-5248 Nikolas Gacho v. Tyrone Baker, Warden Seventh Circuit 2023-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 6th-amendment certificate-of-appealability conflict-of-interest due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-negotiations sixth-amendment Should the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals have issued a certificate of appealability
22-7656 In Re Brad Edmonds 2023-05-26 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment gps-tracking habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance plea-negotiations privacy search-and-seizure standing Whether the warrantless installation and use of a GPS tracking device on a vehicle violates the Fourth Amendment
22-7426 George Donald Hatt, Jr. v. Washington Washington 2023-05-01 Denied IFP criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel informed-consent informed-decision mandatory-minimums offender-score plea-bargain plea-negotiations trial-strategy Does effective assistance of counsel in a plea bargain context requires that counsel actually and substantially assist a client in deciding whether to…
22-7378 Patrick Ellis Cochran v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2023-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure custody due-process ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining plea-negotiations sixth-amendment speedy-trial Was Petitioner's right to a speedy trial under the 6th Amendment denied?
22-781 Fabio Ochoa v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-17 Denied Response Waived adverse-effect brady-violation conflict-of-interest cuyler-v-sullivan due-process giglio-material ineffective-assistance multiple-counsel plea-negotiations Whether the Eleventh Circuit's categorical rule barring a showing of adverse effect in the multiple-counsel context adequately protects defendants fro…
22-6240 Robert Dale Hines v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-12-07 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-tampering fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-negotiations sixth-amendment trial-counsel Whether the Court violated the petitioner's constitutional rights, including due process and effective assistance of counsel
22-5364 Quartavious Davis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-08-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-defense due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-negotiations prosecutorial-discretion right-to-counsel Sixth-Amendment Strickland-v-Washington Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
22-5283 Gerald Funk v. George Little, Acting Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2022-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP consequences constitutional-rights guilty-plea guilty-plea-negotiation ineffective-assistance plea-negotiations plea-offer sixth-amendment trial-counsel trial-strategy Whether trial counsel's Sixth Amendment duties require affirmative assistance in guilty-plea decision
22-5074 Kurtis D. Worley v. Illinois Illinois 2022-07-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance plea-negotiations post-conviction-relief seizure settlements Whether petitioner's due process of law was violated by detectives' illegal seizure of petitioner's settlements while in public, violating petitioner'…
21-6074 Nikolas Gacho v. Illinois Illinois 2021-11-01 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance plea-admonishment plea-negotiations prejudice sixth-amendment Does a plea admonishment cure all prejudice and preclude a defendant from challenging counsel's representation during the plea negotiations process?
20-8244 Abdul S. Aziz v. New Jersey New Jersey 2021-06-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights covid-19-impact due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel perjured-testimony plea-negotiations police-misconduct pro-se-brief Question not identified
20-7965 Jeffrey Ray Sundwall v. Florida Florida 2021-05-10 Denied IFP appeals civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining plea-negotiations post-conviction-relief Whether the prohibition of a criminal appeal with denial after exercising the right to appeal a reserved appealable request when their rules and set w…
20-7583 Thomas Mark Hild v. Colorado Colorado 2021-03-26 Denied IFP 6th-amendment autonomous-rights constitutional-procedure criminal-justice defendant-rights due-process effective-assistance effective-assistance-of-counsel habitual-criminal plea-bargaining plea-negotiations prior-convictions Whether there is a constitutional requirement that counsel engage in plea negotiations with prosecuting authorities to provide effective assistance an…
20-6361 Robert L. Davis v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-11-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-negotiations post-conviction-review standing weight-of-evidence Whether the weight of the evidence supports the defendant-petitioner's claim that counsel lied about a material issue, resulting in ineffective assist…
19-7868 Steven B. Turner v. Mike Kemna Eighth Circuit 2020-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-negotiations post-conviction-relief right-to-counsel sentencing sixth-amendment trial-fairness Whether Missouri's rule conflicts with Lafler v. Cooper
19-6659 In Re Arturo Rodriguez Ornalez 2019-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-negotiations rule-11 sentencing structural-error Whether Constitution and statutory provisions and Rule 11 violations may have rendered Arturo Rodriguez Ornalez's sentence and conviction constitution…
19-6141 Donnie Ray Jose v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure discovery-violation discovery-violations due-process judicial-discretion plea-negotiations prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct sanctions trial-strategy When a federal prosecutor concedes a serious discovery violation shortly before trial, should the district court's response take into account, among o…
19-5965 Robert Jessie Hill v. Washington Washington 2019-09-17 Denied IFP civil-rights collateral-consequences constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lesser-included-offense plea-bargaining plea-negotiations sentencing Whether a defendant who pleaded guilty to a charge should be denied collateral consequences to be told at the time of sentencing, resulting in a subst…
19-5949 Marcelino Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-16 Denied IFP criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-11 district-court federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure guilty-plea plain-error plea-bargaining plea-negotiations rule-11 substantial-rights when-district-court-violates-rule-11(c)(1)-of-federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure
19-5728 Kristin L. Hardy v. Kelly Santoro, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-08-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review district-court evidentiary-hearing federal-habeas-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel performance-prong plea-negotiations sentencing-exposure state-court Whether a federal appellate court fails to provide legitimate federal habeas review
19-5023 Jason Keith Walker v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-united-states brady-violation due-process fifth-amendment giglio-v-united-states ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel napue-v-illinois plea-bargaining plea-negotiations prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing sixth-amendment Whether the petitioner is entitled to a certificate of appealability
18-9770 Lionel Toye v. Steven Racette, Superintendent, Great Meadows Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2019-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance lafler-v-cooper plea-bargaining plea-negotiations right-to-counsel sentencing sentencing-exposure strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-counsel Whether this court should revisit the claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel during plea negotiations
18-9438 Nathaniel Woods v. Cynthia Stewart, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-28 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability habeas habeas-corpus habeas-corpus,ineffective-assistance-of-counsel,ma ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-rule martinez-v-ryan plea-bargaining plea-negotiations trevino-exception trevino-v-thaler Could reasonable jurists disagree with the district court's rejection of Mr. Woods' claim that Martinez v. Ryan, 566 U.S. 1 (2012), and Trevino v. Tha…
18-8961 Dion Thomas v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-04-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion blackledge-v-allison civil-rights district-court due-process evidentiary-hearing evidentiary-hearing-discretion habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ins-v-phinpathya plea-bargaining plea-negotiations rose-v-lundy sixth-amendment standing unsworn-statements Whether the District Court abused its discretion by failing to conduct an evidentiary hearing
18-8433 Emond Durea Logan v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-proceedings effective-assistance-of-counsel plea-negotiations sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington totality-of-circumstances Whether a defendant may be entitled to relief for an attorney's ineffective assistance, even if another attorney offered reasonable advice
18-8012 Tasha Michelle Blackburn v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP counsel-communication criminal-procedure due-process duty-to-advise ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-acceptance plea-bargaining plea-negotiations professional-responsibility sixth-amendment What constitutes communicating a plea, and does counsel have an obligation to recommend accepting a plea, or rejecting a plea and proceeding to trial?
18-7172 Tomas Marco Keen v. Washington Washington 2018-12-27 Denied IFP brady-v-maryland constitutional-rights criminal-procedure disclosure due-process exculpatory-evidence plea-bargaining plea-negotiations prosecutorial-disclosure prosecutorial-misconduct Does the prosecutor have a duty to disclose exculpatory information relating to threatened--but not filed--charges during plea negotiations?
18-6949 Eric A. Klein v. United States Second Circuit 2018-12-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP critical-stages federal-felony johnson-v-zerbst limited-appearance plea-negotiations pro-se right-to-counsel sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right-to-counsel waiver-of-counsel Whether the district court should address the facts showing a violation of the Sixth Amendment right to counsel post-arraignment and for critical stag…
18-6847 Sergio Antonio Haro v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-11-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP effective-assistance-of-counsel evidentiary-hearing government-agent-reports impeachment impeachment-of-credibility magistrate-judge magistrate-judge-plea-negotiations plea-negotiations prejudice pro-se pro-se-habeas sixth-amendment Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
18-6689 Israel Sanchez v. Christian Pfeiffer, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-11-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-negotiations pleading-standard supreme-court-precedent Is California's stringent pleading standard to allege a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel during plea negotiations contrary to the governing …
18-6064 Robert L. Rose v. Leroy Kirkegard, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-09-24 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance lafler-v-cooper plea-negotiations remedies remedy sixth-amendment united-states-v-morrison What is the proper remedy when a defendant's lawyer fails to inform her client of, or offers deficient advice as to whether to accept, a favorable ple…
18-106 John R. Turner v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-07-24 Denied Amici (6)Relisted (2) circuit-split criminal-procedure dual-sovereignty formal-charges plea-bargaining plea-negotiations pre-charge pre-indictment right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Sixth Amendment right to counsel attaches during pre-charge plea negotiations