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· 3/21/1995

Javier Hincapie Sanchez v. United States

Citations

  • 50 F.3d 1448
  • 95 Daily Journal DAR 3544
  • 95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2063
  • 1995 U.S. App. LEXIS 5544
  • 1995 WL 124623

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that “the issue in a case involving a guilty plea is whether there is a reasonable probability that but for the failure to disclose the Brady material, the defendant would have refused to plead and would have gone to trial”
  • reasoning that “prosecutors may be tempted to deliberately withhold exculpatory information as part of an attempt to elicit guilty pleas”
  • explaining “there 14 is no constitutional right to counsel at a collateral, post-conviction section 2255 proceeding”
  • explaining “there is no constitutional right to counsel at a collateral, post-conviction section 2255 proceeding”
  • “the decision whether or not to plead guilty is often heavily influenced by [the defendant’s] appraisal of the prosecution’s case”
  • \the decision whether or not to plead guilty is often heavily influenced by [the defendant's] appraisal of the prosecution's case\

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Judges: Browning, Nelson, Hawkins

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