No. 24-963

Elvin Torres-Estrada v. United States

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2025-03-07
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance plea-bargaining prosecutorial-discretion
Latest Conference: 2025-04-17
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the inaccurate advice by Mr. Torres-Estrada's rogue attorney to reject a favorable plea agreement during plea negotiations, with the prosecutor's contemporaneous awareness, deprived Torres-Estrada of his right to the effective assistance of counsel just as in Lafler v. Cooper?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the inaccurate advice by a criminal defendant's attorney to reject a favorable plea agreement during plea negotiations, with the prosecutor's contemporaneous awareness, deprives the defendant of the right to effective assistance of counsel

Docket Entries

2025-04-21
Petition DENIED.
2025-03-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2025.
2025-03-18
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-03-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 7, 2025)

Attorneys

Elvin Torres-Estrada
Ezekiel E. CortezLaw Offices of Ezekiel E. Cortez, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent