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Noble U. Ezukanma v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 23-10329 · judgment August 17, 2023
Before the decision, about 1.8× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel with five or more prior petitions here, a Fifth Circuit decision below, and a petition filed soon after the judgment below.
Question presented
How do the standards for judging ineffective assistance of counsel apply to the question of what advice defense counsel gives to a defendant concerning whether he should testify at trial?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Gary Alan Udashen
Udashen Anton
For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, December 11, 2023 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Dec 11 2023Petition DENIED.
- Nov 21 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2023.
- Nov 16 2023Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Nov 10 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 14, 2023)