Danny Raymond Morgan v. Florida

Ineffective Assistance – Guilty Plea Induced by Misadvice: Whether a criminal defendant is denied the effective assistance of counsel, in violation of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments, when trial counsel affirmatively misadvises the defendant that a viable affirmative defense (involuntary intoxication due to prescribed medication) is not available – thereby inducing the defendant to plead guilty – despite this Court's precedents holding that such misadvice can render a plea involuntary (Hill v. Lockhart). In particular, does a state court conflict with Strickland v. Washington and Hill v. Lockhart by rejecting relief despite unrefuted evidence that, but for counsel's erroneous advice about the defense, the defendant would have insisted on a trial?