Burt v. Titlow
Most legal eyes yesterday were on the oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court in McCutcheon v. FEC, the case widely expected to blow the lid off of campaign contribution spending caps. But a Michigan case also argued attention, Burt v. Titlow, also drew some attention. The Court took the case to clarify, among other things,
whether the Michigan case Lafler v.
Cooper always requires a state trial court to resentence a defendant who shows
a reasonable probability that he would have accepted a plea offer but for
ineffective assistance, and to do so in a way that remedies the violation
of the defendant’s constitutional right. Describing the "fun facts" of the case in lively detail, Prof. Rory Little at SCOTUSblog is skeptical that the Court will come up with a satisfying answer:
When the parties can’t even agree on the gender of the defendant, you can bet you’re in for a messy dogfight.
whether
Lafler v. Cooper always requires a state trial court to resentence a
defendant who shows a reasonable probability that he would have accepted
a plea offer but for ineffective assistance, and to do so in such a way
as to “remedy” the violation of the defendant’s constitutional right. -
See more at:
http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/burt-v-titlow/#sthash.KXSDjN0x.dpuf
When
the parties can’t even agree on the gender of the defendant, you can
bet you’re in for a messy dogfight. - See more at:
http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/10/a-messy-follow-up-to-lafler-and-frye-can-fun-facts-produce-good-law/#sthash.bnxlYADM.dpuf
When
the parties can’t even agree on the gender of the defendant, you can
bet you’re in for a messy dogfight. - See more at:
http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/10/a-messy-follow-up-to-lafler-and-frye-can-fun-facts-produce-good-law/#sthash.bnxlYADM.dpuf
When
the parties can’t even agree on the gender of the defendant, you can
bet you’re in for a messy dogfight. - See more at:
http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/10/a-messy-follow-up-to-lafler-and-frye-can-fun-facts-produce-good-law/#sthash.bnxlYADM.dpuf
When
the parties can’t even agree on the gender of the defendant, you can
bet you’re in for a messy dogfight. - See more at:
http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/10/a-messy-follow-up-to-lafler-and-frye-can-fun-facts-produce-good-law/#sthash.bnxlYADM.dpuf
