Supreme Court· 3/21/2012

Missouri v. Frye

Citations

132 S. Ct. 1399
182 L. Ed. 2d 379
2012 U.S. LEXIS 2321
566 U.S. 134

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recognizing that plea negotiations are a “critical point” in the course of a criminal proceeding where effective assistance of counsel is required
recognizing that Hill “established” that Strickland applies to ineffectiveness claims in the plea bargaining context
concluding that defendant had not established prejudice because of “strong reason to doubt the prosecution and the trial court would have permitted the plea bargain to become final”
recognizing that “[n]inety- seven percent of federal convictions and ninety-four percent of state convictions are the result of guilty pleas”
holding that defense counsel has a duty to convey and explain all plea offers extended by the prosecution
holding that “as a general rule, defense counsel has the duty to communicate formal offers from the prosecution to accept a plea” (emphasis added)

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Judges: Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, Scalia, Roberts, Thomas, Alito

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