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Bilal Hamid Love v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 20-60835 · judgment May 25, 2021


Certiorari denied · October 12, 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.

Question presented

Is defense counsel required, in order to provide effective assistance of counsel, to give the defendant an estimate of the potential guideline sentence he is facing in advising the defendant on whether to enter a plea of guilty to Federal criminal charges? Is defense counsel ineffective when counsel fails and refuses to give a defendant any estimate of the various potential guideline sentences depending on whether he pleads guilty or goes to trial?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Gary Alan Udashen
Gary A. Udashen

For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 12 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 15 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
  3. Sep 10 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent of America, United States to respond filed.
  4. Aug 19 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 22, 2021)