Meyers v. Gillis

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that “a defendant may be entitled to habeas relief if counsel provides parole eligibility information that proves to be grossly erroneous”
• explaining that the prejudice inquiry requires a \court to determine in hindsight\ whether counsel's deficient performance affected the outcome
• finding ineffective assistance in the context of a plea offer where the petitioner's testimony that he would have rejected a plea was corroborated by other evidence in the record
• finding ineffective assistance in the context of a plea offer where the petitioner’s testimony that he would have rejected a plea was corroborated by other evidence in the record
• finding representation fell below that required by Sixth Amendment when counsel misrepresented parole eligibility to a defendant entering a guilty plea
• the presumption of correctness “does not apply if the state court’s findings are not fairly supported by [or clearly inconsistent with] the record”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).