×
You've used up your 3 free articles for this month. Subscribe today.
Fourth Circuit Reverses Lower Court for Giving Dispositive Weight to Plea Agreement Language Rather Than Fact-Based Evaluation of Weight of Evidence in IAC Claim
Loaded on Aug. 19, 2019
by David M. Reutter
published in Criminal Legal News
September, 2019, page 20
by David M. Reutter
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that an attorney rendered ineffective assistance of counsel by advising the defendant that the crime to which he was pleading guilty carried a “mere possibility” of deportation when, in fact, it carried mandatory deportation.
Sergio Carrillo ...
Full article and associated cases available to subscribers.
As a digital subscriber to Criminal Legal News, you can access full text and downloads for this and other premium content.
Already a subscriber? Login
More from this issue:
- News in Brief
- St. Louis Ordered to Stop Holding Detainees Simply Because They Can’t Afford Bail, by Kevin Bliss
- Debunked Shaken-Baby Syndrome Leads to Reduced Sentence, by Anthony Accurso
- Video Bail Hearings Violate Rights in Many Ways, by Edward Lyon
- Chicago Fingerprint Unit Flawed, Under Scrutiny, by Bill Barton
- Seventh Circuit Rules Failure to Issue Summons or Warrant Means Supervised Release Not Tolled While Merely in Custody, by Anthony Accurso
- Private Companies Use DNA Profiles to Snitch on Customers and Their Families, by Douglas Ankney
- California Losing Millions in Civil Asset Forfeiture Funds as Law Aims to Curb Police Abuse
- Second Circuit Holds NY Sodomy Not ‘Prior Sex Conviction’ for Purposes of Federal Statute Mandating Life Sentence for Repeat Sex Offenders, by Dale Chappell
- Groundbreaking Empirical Study of Expungement Released, by Bill Barton
- Sixth Circuit Announces § 2244(B)(1) Doesn’t Apply to Successive § 2255 Petitions and Rules That If the District Court Relied on Residual Clause of ACCA When Determining Prior Conviction Qualified as Predicate Felony, Then Sentence Cannot Stand, by Douglas Ankney
- Florida Supreme Court Holds Sentencing Statute That Allows Judge to Determine Dangerousness Triggering Upward Depar-ture of Maximum Sentence Unconstitutional, by Dale Chappell
- Minnesota Supreme Court Clarifies That State Has Burden to Prove Competency to Stand Trial, by Dale Chappell
- Will Police Recruitment Crisis Prompt Change in Behavior?, by Douglas Ankney
- Houston Police Cover up Crime Scene With Poor Investigation Techniques, by Kevin Bliss
- Colorado Supreme Court Announces Sniff by Drug Dog Trained to Detect Marijuana Now Constitutes a ‘Search’ Requiring Probable Cause, by Dale Chappell
- Tennessee Supreme Court Holds Judge Lacks Authority to Sign Search Warrant for Property Outside Court’s Jurisdiction, by Dale Chappell
- Another Study Shows There’s No ‘War on Police’, by Bill Barton
- 7th Circuit Instructs District Court to Grant Federal Prisoner’s Habeas Based on § 2255(e) Savings Clause, by Douglas Ankney
- Qualified Immunity: Explained, by Emily Clark, Amir H. Ali
- Massive Outing of Nationwide Instances of Police Misconduct Revealed, by Edward Lyon
- Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Explains Procedures of G. L. c. 278A and Rules That a Claim of Self-Defense Is a Claim of Factual Innocence, by Douglas Ankney
- Vermont Supreme Court Rules DUI Breath Test Subject to Voluntariness Challenge Despite Implied Consent Law, by Mark Wilson
- California Court of Appeal Announces Defendant Convicted of Felony Accessory Is Eligible for Resentencing Under Proposition 64, by Douglas Ankney
- California Supreme Court Reverses Attempted Murder and Explains Elements Required For Kill Zone Theory Instruction, by Anthony Accurso
- Oregon Supreme Court Holds ‘Attempt’ Requires Intent to Personally Participate in the Crime, by Dale Chappell
- $13.1 Million Settlement Reached by Actor Framed for Murder, by Douglas Ankney
- BOP Finally Implements First Step Act, Officially Releases 3,100 Prisoners Under ‘Good Conduct Time’, by Dale Chappell
- Colorado Supreme Court Announces That the People Cannot Withdraw From a Plea Agreement After the Trial Court Rejects Stipulated Sentence, by Douglas Ankney
- NYU Study Shows ‘Predictive Policing Systems’ Promote Bad Data, Bad Policing, by Dale Chappell
- SCOTUS: SOL Governing § 1983 Claim Asserting Fabrication of Evidence Begins to Run on Date Criminal Proceedings Are Terminated in Complainant’s Favor, by Douglas Ankney
- Indiana Supreme Court Reduces 30-Year Prison Sentence to 23-Year Community Corrections Placement in Rare Case, by Chad Marks
- New Jersey Supreme Court: Prosecution May Appeal Drug Court Sentence Only When Sentence Is Illegal, by Douglas Ankney
- Sixth Circuit: Prosecutor’s Numerous Improper Comments Constitute Flagrant Misconduct Depriving Defendants of a Fair Trial, by Anthony Accurso
- Fourth Circuit Reverses Lower Court for Giving Dispositive Weight to Plea Agreement Language Rather Than Fact-Based Evaluation of Weight of Evidence in IAC Claim, by David M. Reutter
- Taking Notes Influences Jurors’ Verdicts, by Douglas Ankney
- Colorado Supreme Court Announces That Claims of Insufficient Evidence Not Preserved at Trial Are Subject to De Novo Review on Appeal, by Douglas Ankney
- Refusing to Permit Attorney to Make Offer of Proof Is Abuse of Discretion, Says Indiana Supreme Court, by Douglas Ankney
- Change to New York Misdemeanor Definition May Benefit Non-Citizens, by Michael Berk
- Montana Supreme Court Rules Leaving a Brewery Doesn’t Provide Particularized Suspicion of DUI, by Anthony Accurso
- Massachusetts Supreme Court Holds Statute Requiring GPS Monitoring of Probationers Convicted of Sex Offenses Unconstitutional ‘as Applied’, by Douglas Ankney
- Oregon Supreme Court: Claim Based on New Rule of Constitutional Law Cognizable in Untimely Oregon PCR Action, by Mark Wilson
- Virtual Imprisonment as Big Brother Interactively Listens From Cradle to School to Prison to Parole to Grave, by Edward Lyon
- Column: Obtaining Relief Under 'Davis' in the Wake of 'Johnson', by Dale Chappell
- Seventh Circuit: Woman Answering Door of Suspect’s Residence Wearing Bathrobe Does Not Constitute Apparent Authority to Consent to Search, by Chad Marks
- The Role of Police Misconduct in Wrongful Convictions, by Matthew Clarke
More from David M. Reutter:
- Fifth Circuit Kills Suit by Louisiana Prisoners Whose Release Dates Were Incorrectly Calculated, Aug. 15, 2023
- Federal Court Upholds and Monitors Requirement for Tennessee Jail to Provide COVID-19 Vaccination for Detainees, July 15, 2022
- Federal Courts Order Seizure of Canteen Funds for Restitution Owed by High-Profile Prisoners, July 15, 2022
- California Court Rules Bail Bond Companies Must Give Cosigners Financial Impact Notice, July 15, 2022
- Supreme Court of Kansas: Lower Court Did Not Have Authority to Revoke Probation Without a Warrant, July 15, 2022
- Idaho Supreme Court: Telephonic Testimony Violated Defendant’s Sixth Amendment Right to Confrontation, June 15, 2022
- Ohio Supreme Court: Constitutionality of Indeterminate Sentence Under Reagan Tokes Law May Be Challenged on Direct Appeal, June 15, 2022
- Supreme Court of Iowa: Sentence Vacated Because Prosecution Failed to Follow Spirit of Plea Agreement Requiring Recommendation of Suspended Sentence, June 15, 2022
- Wisconsin Prisoner In Vegetative State After Suicide Attempt Wins New Trial on Jury Instruction Error, July 1, 2021
- Illinois Prisoner’s Negligence Lawsuit Alleging Injuries from Wart Treatment Timely Filed, July 1, 2021
More from these topics:
- Families of New Jersey Jail Suicide Victims Still Waiting for Settlement Payouts, May 1, 2024. Attorney Misconduct, Settlements, Suicides.
- Corizon Health Bankruptcy Delayed by Revelation of Attorney’s Affair With Mediator, Jan. 1, 2024. Corizon, Judicial Misconduct, Attorney Misconduct, Bankruptcy, Appearance of Justice/Impartiality.
- Washington Agencies Sanctioned for Discovery Violations Reach $3.1 Million Settlement with Disabled Woman Allegedly Abused at State Sanctioned Home, Jan. 1, 2024. Attorney Misconduct, Discovery, Sanctions, Discovery - Lateness of.
- Convicted Sex Offender Now a Licensed Attorney in Washington State, Oct. 15, 2023. Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Attorneys.
- Florida DA Reopens Cold Murder Case, Exonerates Wrongly Imprisoned Man, Finds Real Killers – and Gets Axed by Governor, March 1, 2023. Attorney Misconduct, Wrongful Imprisonment, Murder/Felony Murder.
- Two Attorneys, Three Employees Sentenced in Bribery Scandal at MTC Texas Prisons, Sept. 30, 2022. Guard Misconduct, Attorney Misconduct, Bribery/Extortion/Theft.
- Texas Prosecutor Spent 20-Year Career Also Working as Law Clerk to Judges He Appeared Before, May 5, 2022. Attorney Misconduct, Conflict of Interest.
- Federal Judge Sanctions Former Arizona DOC Director’s Foot-Dragging Attorneys in Pro Se Prisoner’s Suit, March 1, 2022. DOC/BOP misconduct, Attorney Misconduct, Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act.
- Who Defends the Public Defenders?, Dec. 15, 2021. Attorney Misconduct, Public Defenders.
- Should Public Defenders Be Tweeting?, Aug. 15, 2021. Attorney Misconduct, Social Media.