Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

If this case has made it to the United States Supreme Court, I have to assume you've been represented by attorneys who have gone over the case in great detail. They would be intimately familiar with all the facts, and can give a much more meaningful answer than a stranger on the Internet.

It is probably to late to raise any new issues in the trial court, unless there is some compelling reason they could not have been addressed in the earlier appellate proceedings.

I agree with Mr. Marshall. I think your question calls upon us to speculate on a lengthy court case that is not before us. If it was a state court proceeding, it was most likely challenged at the federal level by a writ of habeas corpus. Some prosecutors include a waiver of appeal and writ rights in a plea bargain, and some do not. I couldn't tell you the exact procedural method used unless I was familiar with the underlying case.