Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Zaky v. United States Veterans Administration
Zaky v. United States Veterans Admin., 479 U.S. 937 (1986)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1986-11-03
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- client must be involved in decision to accept or reject plea offer, and failure to inform client of offer constitutes ineffective assistance
- court did not abuse its discretion in borrowing the court interpreter from the defense table in order to assist a witness
- criminal defense attorneys have a duty to inform their clients of plea bargains proffered by the prosecution; failure to do so constitutes ineffective assistance under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments
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C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.