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Gregory Williams v. Leonta Jackson, Warden

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 18-2631 · judgment July 6, 2020

Certiorari denied · January 19, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. When a criminal defendant is considering whether to accept a plea offer, is defense counsel’s failure to advise the defendant of his or her sentencing exposure if he or she rejects the plea offer and proceeds to trial sufficient to establish deficient performance under Strickland?

  2. Is requesting an evidentiary hearing in state court sufficient for a habeas petitioner to show the diligence necessary to avoid 28 U.S.C. § 2254(e)(2)’s limitations on evidentiary hearings?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Donald Larry Ray Goodson
Jones Day

For respondent
Michael Marc Glick

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 19 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 30 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/15/2021.
  3. Dec 22 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Leonta Jackson to respond filed.
  4. Dec 03 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 6, 2021)