Commonwealth v. Simon’s Empirical Analysis
2019
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
July 2019
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Watts v. Indiana · Commonwealth v. Saferian · Commonwealth v. Wright · Commonwealth v. Grace · In re Oliver
Most-quoted passages
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“and because the grand jury did not even see a certified record of conviction to support the predicate offenses. He further contends that he would not have pleaded on the ACCA indictment had his counsel moved to dismiss the charges. Relatedly, he argues that he did not enter into his plea agreement intelligently and voluntarily. To establish ineffective assistance of counsel, the defendant bears the burden of showing”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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