Petition of the day
By Aurora Barnes
on Feb 12, 2018

The petition of the day is:
17-1026
Issue: Whether the “presumption of prejudice” recognized in Roe v. Flores-Ortega applies where a criminal defendant instructs his trial counsel to file a notice of appeal but trial counsel decides not to do so because the defendant’s plea agreement included an appeal waiver.
Posted in Cases in the Pipeline
Cases: Garza v. Idaho
Recommended Citation:
Aurora Barnes,
Petition of the day,
SCOTUSblog (Feb. 12, 2018, 12:00 AM),
https://www.scotusblog.com/2018/02/petition-of-the-day-1321/