Jae Lee v. United States
2017 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jae Lee v. United States, 582 U.S. ___ (2017), was a Supreme Court case in which the Court held that when a criminal defendant raises Sixth Amendment ineffective assistance of counsel claims, they only need to prove by reasonable probability that they were wrongly prejudiced by their counsel to accept a plea deal rather than go to trial. The Court specified that the issue did not arise from a possibility that the outcome of Lee's conviction would've been different had he gone to trial. The case was largely decided based on the landmark case Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984).
Quick Facts Jae Lee v. United States, Argued March 28, 2017 Decided June 23, 2017 ...
Jae Lee v. United States | |
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Argued March 28, 2017 Decided June 23, 2017 | |
Full case name | Jae Lee v. United States |
Docket no. | 16-327 |
Citations | 582 U.S. ___ (more) |
Argument | Oral argument |
Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
Case history | |
Prior | United States v. Lee, 825 F.3d 311 |
Subsequent | Jae Lee v. United States, 14-5369 (6th Cir. 2017) (on remand) |
Holding | |
When a criminal defendant raises Sixth Amendment Ineffective assistance of counsel claims, they only need to prove by reasonable probability that they were wrongly prejudiced by their counsel to accept a plea deal rather than go to trial. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Roberts, joined by Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan |
Dissent | Thomas, joined by Alito (except part I) |
Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
Laws applied | |
VI Amendment |
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