United States Ninth Circuit

In a claim for ineffective assistance of counsel, this case is remanded for the entry of an order releasing defendant unless the state offers the defendant the same terms that he would have received under the original plea offer.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/13/2003
• Decided 12/01/2003
• Published 12/01/2003

Judges

• Before: REINHARDT and GRABER, Circuit Judges, and SHADUR, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Morris Beatus, Deputy Attorney General, San Francisco, California, argued the case for the respondent-appellant and was on the briefs.  Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Senior Assistant Attorney General and Peggy S. Ruffra, Supervising Deputy Attorney General were also on the briefs., Daniel J. Broderick, Chief Assistant Federal Defender, San Francisco, California, argued the case for the petitioner-appellee and was on the brief.  Quin Denvir, Federal Defender, Sacramento, California, was also on the brief.