SAINT PRIX

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (26 total)

• Reed v. State, 447 So. 2d 933 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984)
  …fact commit the crime with which he is charged. Such a plea constitutes a waiver of fundamental constitutional rights as well as all nonjuris-dictional defenses known and unknown. Bradbury v. Wainwright, 658 F. 2d 1083 (5th Cir.1981), cert. denied, 456 U.S. 992, 102 S.Ct. 2275, 73 L.Ed.2d 1288 (1982); Edwards v. United States, 256 F. 2d 707 (D.C.Cir.), cert. denied, 358 U.S. 847, 79 S.Ct. 74, 3 L.Ed.2d 82 (1958). Guilty pleas are [*936] meant to be, and should be final, Colson v. Smith, 438 F. 2d 1075 (5th…
• Birt v. Montgomery, 725 F.2d 587 (11th Cir. 1984)
  …phasis added). See Scott v. Wainwright, 698 F. 2d 427, 429-30 (11th Cir.1983) (counsel is ineffective where he failed to familiarize himself with the facts and relevant law); Bradbury v. Wainwright, 658 F. 2d 1083, 1087 (5th Cir.1981), cert. denied, 456 U.S. 992, 102 S.Ct. 2275, 73 L.Ed.2d 1288 (1982) (counsel must be familiar with the facts and the law in order to competently advise the defendant). In this instance, Collins knew and recognized that the traverse jury pool was unconstitutionally composed. C…
• United States v. Fernandez, 877 F.2d 1138 (2d Cir. 1989)
  …eld information fails, however, for it is not the government’s duty “to assist actually and substantially the defendant in deciding whether to plead guilty.” Cf. Bradbury v. Wainwright, 658 F. 2d 1083, 1087 (5th Cir. Unit B Oct. 1981), cert. denied, 456 U.S. 992, 102 S.Ct. 2275, 73 L.Ed.2d 1288 (1982). The fact that the government’s attorney did not explain the applicable Guidelines sentencing range to appellant violated no duty that the government owed to him and thus provides no basis for a finding of r…