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