Hall v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““The petitioner is entitled to have his guilty plea set aside. ‘Even in the case of a negotiated plea, our higher courts require that the accused be informed of the correct range of maximum and minimum penalties.’ McClaren v. State, 500 So.2d 1325, 1327 (Ala.Cr.App.1986). ‘[A] defendant is constitutionally entitled to have information concerning the range of punishment prescribed by the act to which he may be sentenced and the consequences of the conviction at the time he enters his plea.’ Coleman v. Alabama, 827 F.2d 1469, 1473 (11th Cir.1987). A defendant cannot make a voluntary plea of guilty with full knowledge of its effects if he has not been properly advised of the correct range of punishment. Coleman, supra; Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 , 89 S.Ct. 1709 , 23 L.Ed.2d 274 (1969). ‘Without accurate and complete information at the plea bargaining stage, a defendant is unable to make a voluntary and informed plea.’ United States v. French, 719 F.2d 387, 389 (11th Cir.1983), cert. denied, 466 U.S. 960 , 104 S.Ct. 2174 , 80 L.Ed.2d 557 (1984).””

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