No. 24-963
Elvin Torres-Estrada v. United States
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. Cortez — Law Offices of Ezekiel E. Cortez, Petitioner
United States
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. Harris — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent