Garland Garner’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Schriro Director Arizona Department of Corrections v. Summerlin · 135 S. Ct. 2551 - Johnson v. United States · Welch v. United States · United States v. Bradley · United States v. Caruthers
Most-quoted passages
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“[W]here developments in the law later expand a right that a defendant has waived in a plea agreement, the change in law does not suddenly make the plea involuntary or unknowing or otherwise undo its binding nature. A valid plea agreement, after all, requires knowledge of existing rights, not clairvoyance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[h]ad [Conley] predicted the outcome of [ McDonnell ], it is true, he might not have used his rights to challenge his sentence as bargaining chips in the plea negotiation. But [Conley]'s lack of clairvoyance cannot undo his decision to [plead guilty] or waive the right to attack his sentence collaterally.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“All that matters is that the [plea] was knowing; it need not be omniscient.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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