No. 19-7617

Donato Amaya-Rivas v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-02-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining right-against-self-incrimination right-to-counsel sentencing sentencing-enhancement
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2020-03-20
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Whether a defendant who raises for the first time on appeal that his plea is unconstitutional because it was entered unknowingly and involuntarily must show a reasonable probability that he would not have pled guilty.

II. Whether a sentence is unconstitutional when a prior conviction, not admitted by the defendant when he pled guilty, causes the sentence to exceed the otherwise applicable statutory maximum.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant who raises for the first time on appeal that his plea is unconstitutional because it was entered unknowingly and involuntarily must show a reasonable probability that he would not have pled guilty

Docket Entries

2020-03-23
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2020.
2020-02-25
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-02-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 11, 2020)

Attorneys

Donato Amaya-Rivas
Lynn Palmer BaileyFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent