Do You Really Need to Communicate a Plea Offer?

There's a type of ineffective assistance claim where lawyers are failing to relay plea terms to their client. That was the common state of affairs up until 10 years ago when the Supreme Court said it wasn't okay and you need to communicate. The conservative justices who dissented in that opinion, they've never had any real world experience counseling a client in this way, right? They don't know the importance of telling your client about the freaking plea offer that's on the table,. Right? And so it's just another good thing about a former public defender being on the court. Yeah.