No. 19-5411
Kirk Patrick Keshler v. United States
Tags: appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process factual-basis harmless-error judicial-review plain-error plea-bargaining plea-sufficiency standard-of-review sullivan-v-louisiana
Latest Conference:
2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the sufficiency of a factual basis for a defendant's plea should be subject to plain error review, or whether, under Sullivan v. Louisiana, 508 U.S. 275 (1993), such a case lacks "an object" upon which review for harmless and plain error may operate?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the sufficiency of a factual basis for a defendant's plea should be subject to plain error review, or whether, under Sullivan v. Louisiana, 508 U.S. 275 (1993), such a case lacks 'an object' upon which review for harmless and plain error may operate?
Docket Entries
2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-08-07
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-07-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 30, 2019)
Attorneys
Kirk Patrick Keshler
Kevin Joel Page — Office of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent