No. 24-7355

Curtis Dewayne Miller v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-06-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: bashara-factors circuit-split counsel-pressure guilty-plea judicial-discretion pre-sentencing-motion
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

Should a district court grant a pre-sentencing motion to withdraw a guilty plea if that plea was made after an initial trial that ended with a hung jury and after counsel pressured the individual to take a plea?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Should a district court grant a pre-sentencing motion to withdraw a guilty plea if that plea was made after an initial trial that ended with a hung jury and after counsel pressured the individual to take a plea?

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-06-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-06-10
Waiver of United States of America of right to respond submitted.
2025-06-10
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2025-05-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 7, 2025)

Attorneys

Curtis Dewayne Miller
John Kevin WestSteptoe & Johnson PLLC, Petitioner
United States of America
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Moez Mansoor KabaHueston Hennigan LLP, Respondent