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Favion Lara v. Nebraska

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Nebraska, No. S-23-167 · judgment February 2, 2024


Certiorari denied · June 3, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Question presented

Where a plea agreement includes the prosecutor’s promise that the State will recommend a particular sentence, does a police officer’s recommendation of a longer sentence violate the Due Process Clause by breaching the plea agreement?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Stuart Banner
UCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic

For respondent
Eric James Hamilton
Office of the Attorney General of Nebraska

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jun 03 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 14 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2024.
  3. May 07 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent Nebraska to respond filed.
  4. May 01 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 5, 2024)