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Michael Steven Beeman v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 18-7456 · judgment February 26, 2019
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether jurists of reason could debate that a district court must evaluate the merits of a potential motion to suppress where the defendant pled guilty to determine if counsel’s pre-plea advice was reasonable and the defendant was prejudiced as a result?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jeremy Brian Gordon
Law Office of Jeremy Gordon
For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, October 7, 2019 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 07 2019Petition DENIED.
- Jun 12 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
- Jun 07 2019Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
- May 28 2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 1, 2019)