lafler-v-cooper

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25-5588 Terry Willis v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure judicial-involvement lafler-v-cooper missouri-v-frye plea-negotiations sentencing-exposure The district court participated in plea discussions, in violation of Federal Rule Criminal Procedure 11(c)(1), by discussing the merits of a plea offe…
24-5196 Nicholas Salfi v. Amy Robey, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-07-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP counsel-duty effective-assistance habeas-corpus Lafler-v-Cooper martinez-exception plea-negotiations prejudice procedural-default sixth-circuit Whether the duty of defense counsel to provide effective assistance during plea negotiations extends to delivering counteroffers to the prosecution. …
23-7196 Adam Carson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-04-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights first-impression ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-v-cooper missouri-v-frye plea-bargaining plea-offer sentencing-reduction sixth-amendment I. If the court holds a hearing to put a PLEA PROPOSAL on the record, and the Government OFFERS a 3 point deduction for acceptance of responsibility i…
23-5959 Jason Claude Edwards v. Tristan Lemon, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-11-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP counsel-advice ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-v-cooper missouri-v-frye ninth-circuit plea-bargaining plea-offer prejudice-analysis prejudice-standard strickland-standard strickland-v-washington 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit majority unreasonably applied clearly established Supreme Court law by approving as reasonable a state court prejudice an…
22-6764 Michael Ray Davis v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-02-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review lafler-v-cooper overruling padilla-v-kentucky statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent 1. Whether United States v. Granados , 168 F.3d 343 (8th Cir. 1999), Has Been Overruled by Padilla v. Kentucky , 559 U.S. 356 (2010), and Lafler v. Co…
21-6812 Manuel Gerardo Velasquez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-01-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability district-court-hearing due-process fifth-circuit ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel Lafler-v-Cooper life-sentence Did the Fifth Circuit court of appeals err when it refused to grant a certificate of appealability, when the record clearly showed that Velasquez had …
21-5089 Martin Thomas Lawrence v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-v-cooper plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-exposure sixth-amendment trial-counsel 1. Whether, in light of trial counsel's express admission that he underestimated Petitioner's sentencing exposure if he went to trial, this Court shou…
20-1581 Malia Arciero v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-05-14 Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-v-cooper plea-bargaining sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment Whether this Court holding in Lafler v. Cooper, 566 U.S. 156 (2012), is still good law, and if so, whether Arciero is entitled to relief due to defens…
20-6391 Timothy Ronald Hare v. Michigan Michigan 2020-11-20 Denied IFP constitutional-standard critical-stage effective-assistance ineffective-assistance lafler-v-cooper plea-bargaining prejudice prejudice-analysis right-to-counsel sixth-amendment united-states-v-cronic I. Does the requirement to prove prejudice under this Court's previous decision in Latter v Cooper, place a burden on the accused that this Court deem…
19-1330 Michigan v. Juan T. Walker Michigan 2020-06-01 Denied alford-plea collateral-attack criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-v-cooper perjury plea-bargaining retroactivity Respondent maintained his innocence before trial, and testified at the evidentiary hearing ordered by the Michigan Supreme Court on his collateral att…
19-7825 Gustavo Gonzalez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-02-28 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-defense elements-of-offense ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-test lafler-v-cooper legally-nonexistent-defense plea-bargaining prejudice-analysis strickland-standard strickland-v-washington I. How should a court apply the "reasonable probability" test for prejudice under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), and Lafler v. Cooper,…
19-992 Greg Skipper, Warden v. Curtis Jerome Byrd Sixth Circuit 2020-02-07 Denied Amici (1) constitutional-rights criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial hypothetical-plea-offer lafler-v-cooper plea-bargaining sixth-amendment trial-rights Does the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel include the right to a plea offer that was never made?
19-7359 Danny Guzman-Correa v. United States First Circuit 2020-01-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-consultant lafler-v-cooper missouri-v-frye prejudice public-trial public-trial-violation 1. Whether reasonable jurist could find it debatable that Petitioner's public-trial violation warranted .. reversal at the minimum for an evidentiar…
19-7216 Daniel A. Ramet v. Robert LeGrande, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-defense criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-v-cooper legal-malpractice plea-bargaining sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington If a defense attorney advises a client to reject a favorable plea offer based on a grave miscalculation about the viability of a legal defense, has th…
19-6349 Jarvas Jovon Brinkley v. Randee Rewerts, Warden Michigan 2019-10-23 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-v-cooper michigan-law sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington DECISIONS BELOW CONFLICT WITH THE DECISIONS OF OTHER U.S. CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEALS AND STATE APPELLATE COURTS, AND MISAPPLY THIS COURT'S DECISIONS IN…
19-5576 William Taylor v. Richard Brown, Superintendent, Wabash Valley Correctional Facility Seventh Circuit 2019-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion boone-county constitutional-rights hearsay hearsay-testimony ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion lafler-v-cooper plea-bargaining prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-effective-counsel sentencing I. WHETHER THE ADDITIONAL SIXTY (60) YEARS TAYLOR RECEIVED AT TRIAL WHEN ATTORNEY ALLEN LIDY FAILED TO COMMUNICATE THE BOONE COUNTY TWENTY (20) YEAR P…
18-9770 Lionel Toye v. Steven Racette, Superintendent, Great Meadows Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2019-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance lafler-v-cooper plea-bargaining plea-negotiations right-to-counsel sentencing sentencing-exposure strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-counsel WHETHER THIS COURT SHOULD REVISIT THE CLAIM OF INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF TRIAL COUNSEL DURING PLEA NEGOTIATIONS WHEN COUNSEL FAILS TO DISCUSS THE PROS…
18-9543 Lonnie Haney v. Shane Jackson, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-06-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel Lafler-v-Cooper plea-bargaining plea-offer right-to-counsel time-constraints ARE THE LOWER COURT RULINGS IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH THE SPIRIT OF THIS COURT'S HOLDING IN LAFLER V. COOPER, WHERE DUE TO EXTERNAL FACTORS, DEFENSE COU…
18-9511 Christopher Stepp v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-04 Denied IFP constitutional-claims federal-habeas habeas-corpus habeas-relief ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-v-cooper missouri-v-frye wilson-v-sellers Whether a federal habeas petitioner is entitled to § 2254 habeas relief where the district court failed to "look through" to the state court's determi…
18-8075 Godwin Oriakhi v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure double-jeopardy fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-v-cooper plain-error plain-error-review plea-bargaining pro-se-filing strickland-v-washington Whether Lafler v. Cooper is violated when trial counsel advises a defendant to enter a guilty plea to an indictment that, on its face, violates the Fi…
18-8003 Anthony J. Dannolfo v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-15 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-v-cooper north-carolina-v-alford plea-bargaining strickland-standard strickland-v-washington DID DANNOLFO'S PROTESTATION OF INNOCENCE FORECLOSE HIS ABILITY OF PROVING STRICKLAND PREJUDICE UNDER LAFLER V. COOPER, OR DID THE COURTS FAIL TO GIVE …
18-7494 Richard Dernard Bozell, Jr. v. Greg Skipper, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-01-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP blackledge-v-allison blackledge-v-perry class-v-united-states constitutional-review due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-court-jurisdiction guilty-plea-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel lafler-v-cooper plea-bargaining procedural-cognizability supreme-court-precedent Whether it can be presumed given the fact that (1) the USSC in Blackledge clearly stated that guilty plea cases were cognizable for federal review?; W…
18-7075 Patrick Martinez v. Texas Texas 2018-12-18 Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel Lafler-v-Cooper parole parole-eligibility plea-bargaining reasonable-probability sixth-amendment Texas courts found no ineffective assistance of counsel in this criminal case where the Petitioner, Sergeant Patrick Martinez, rejected a pretrial ple…
18-6463 Jose Gilberto Portillo v. United States District of Columbia 2018-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP counsel-obligations counsel-obligations-guilty-plea critical-stage due-process guilty-pleas ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-v-cooper language-barrier missouri-v-frye non-english-speaker plea-bargaining plea-negotiation sixth-amendment young-defendant Whether the DC Court of Appeals' decision directly conflicts with and seriously undermines controlling authority of the Supreme Court on counsel's fun…
18-6064 Robert L. Rose v. Leroy Kirkegard, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-09-24 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance lafler-v-cooper plea-negotiations remedies remedy sixth-amendment united-states-v-morrison Whether this Court should grant certiorari to clarify the appropriate remedy for ineffective assistance during plea negotiations. Whether the remand …