No. 19-8593
Damon Christopher Crim v. Ohio
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel fourteenth-amendment guilty-plea ineffective-assistance misunderstanding plea-bargain sixth-amendment
Latest Conference:
2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)
I. When the record reveals that a criminal defendant misunderstands a key element of a plea bargain is his guilty plea void?
II. When defense counsel tells his confused client that his misunderstanding of a term of the plea bargain is correct, and the defendant then enters the plea, has the defendant been denied his right to the effective assistance of counsel?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
When a criminal defendant misunderstands a key element of a plea bargain, is his guilty plea void?
Docket Entries
2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-02
Waiver of right of respondent The State of Ohio to respond filed.
2020-05-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 6, 2020)
Attorneys
Damon Christopher Crim
Jeffrey M. Gamso — Petitioner
The State of Ohio
Kristen Louise Sobieski — Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office, Respondent