Brief filed: 07/22/2011
Documents
Lafler v. Cooper & Missouri v. Frye
United States Supreme Court; Case No. 10-209 & 10-444
Argument(s)
A defendant who validly pleads guilty should be allowed to assert ineffective assistance of counsel in a case where counsel failed to communicate a more favorable plea offer; the trial court is the proper forum for crafting a remedy to ineffective assistance at the plea stage.
Author(s)
Jonathan D. Hacker and Loren L. AliKhan, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, D.C.