Is ineffective counsel ineffective in advising a defendant to accept a plea bargain?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Khatkarh v. Becerra, 442 F.Supp.3d 1277 (E.D. Cal. 2020):
the circumstances." Padilla , 559 U.S. at 372, 130 S.Ct. 1473. "Where ineffective assistance leads a petitioner to accept a plea bargain, a different result means that but for counsel's errors, petitioner would either have gone to trial or received a better plea bargain." United States v. Howard , 381 F.3d 873, 882 (9th Cir. 2004).
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