No. 19-6409
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-duty contract-law criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel misunderstanding plea-bargaining sixth-amendment written-plea-offers
Latest Conference:
2020-01-10
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether counsel for the accused has a constitutional duty under the Sixth Amendment to document and present the client plea offers (contracts) in written form; or stated differently, is it the State's prerogative to promulgate rules that would require plea offers to be in writing to ensure against misunderstandings?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether counsel for the accused has a constitutional duty under the Sixth Amendment to document and present the client plea offers (contracts) in written form; or stated differently, is it the State's prerogative to promulgate rules that would require plea offers to be in writing to ensure against misunderstandings?
Docket Entries
2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-12-05
Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
2019-10-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 27, 2019)
Attorneys
Florida
Sean Reilly
Sean Patrick Reilly — Petitioner