defendant must establish that there is a reasonable probability that, but for the incompetence of counsel, he would have accepted the plea
How later courts described this case
- defendant must establish that there is a reasonable probability that, but for the incompetence of counsel, he would have accepted the plea
- “[W]e do not believe that Turner was required to demonstrate a reasonable probability that the trial court would have approved the two-year plea arrangement.”
- “we think it unfair and unwise to require litigants to speculate as to how a particular judge would have acted under particular circumstances”
- erroneous advice to defendant to reject plea offer
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded for further consideration in light of Healy v. The Beer Institute, 491 U. S. 324 (1989).