United States v. David Leonti

How courts have described this case

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• holding that to show a reasonable probability of a different result, the defendant “need only show a probability sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome” (quotation omitted)
• holding that the cooperation period for a plea bargain was a critical stage because of the “profound effect a substantial assistance motion can have on a defendant’s sentence”
• holding that defendant was “entitled to the effective assistance of counsel in his decision whether and when to plead guilty,” and recognizing that “attempted cooperation [is] a critical stage of the proceeding”
• holding that to show a reasonable probability of a different result, the defendant “need only CERVANTES-TORRES V. USA 49 show a probability sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome” (quotation omitted)
• noting an attorney should not “fail to advise a client to enter a plea bargain when it is clearly in the client’s best interest”
• discussing potential ineffective assistance of counsel claim arising from an attorney’s conduct in the “pre sentencing cooperation period”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).