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Michael Tyler Baggott v. Florida
Paid petition · District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District, No. 5D20-1035 · judgment August 11, 2020
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
I. Whether the reasoning of Lee v. United States, 137 S. Ct. 1958 (2017) extends to defendants facing lifelong sex offender registration conditions from a conviction and therefore prevents a court from summarily denying a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel based on a finding of lack of prejudice resulting from a defendant’s decision not to go to trial that was based entirely on their lawyer’s incorrect advice that the sole defense to the charges would not be available at trial. II. Whether a defendant must prove the existence of a plea offer to be entitled to an evidentiary hearing on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel arising out of his counsel’s failure to attempt plea negotiations.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
William Mallory Kent
Kent & McFarland
For respondent
Rebecca Rock McGuigan
Office of Florida Attorney General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jan 11 2021Petition DENIED.
- Dec 16 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
- Dec 14 2020Waiver of right of respondent State of Florida to respond filed.
- Nov 06 2020Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 14, 2020)