Ex parte Dalton’s Empirical Analysis

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1. ““The circuit court’s October 2012 order, [which the circuit court cited and relied on in its July 2013 order,] ... did not resolve or even squarely address the factual question at the heart of Dalton’s claim: Whether Dalton’s counsel made a misrepresentation or gave erroneous advice regarding when Dalton would be eligible for parole that induced Dalton to plead guilty. Instead, the circuit court’s October 2012 order, and the void March 2009 order on which it relied, addressed a different question: Whether Dalton’s counsel promised parole. By answering a different question, the circuit court never resolved the factual dispute actually presented. [[Image here]] “The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed ... noting that the circuit court’s ‘finding “that [Dalton’s] trial counsel did not promise parole to [Dalton]” necessarily includes a finding that Dalton’s trial counsel made no promises that Dalton would be eligible for parole in six years.’ (Emphasis added.) This conclusion, however, does not follow. Quite simply, a promise of parole and a representation as to when a defendant will be eligible for parole are two different things.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dalton v. State