State ex rel. Aleman v. State

Oct 1, 1999
99-KH-1180
Reporters:
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Before:
Kimball, Traylor, Knoll (per curiam)

PER CURIAM.*

Writ granted. The district court is ordered to appoint counsel and hold a hearing at which it will allow relator to withdraw ‍​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‍his guilty plea if he persists in that desire. The record below supports relator‘s claim, corroborated by his attorney, that misinformation with regard to his eligibility for good ‍​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‍time credits against his sentence precluded him from making his decision to waive trial and enter his pleas “with eyes open.” Adams v. United States ex rel. McCann, 317 U.S. ‍​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‍269, 279, 63 S.Ct. 236, 242, 87 L.Ed. 268 (1942). State ex rel. Brown v. State, 93-1071 (La.3/8/96), 668 So.2d 1148; State v. Scott, 93-0401 (La.3/17/95), 651 So.2d 1344.

KIMBALL and TRAYLOR, JJ., ‍​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‍would deny the writ.

Notes

*
Knoll, J., not on panel. See La. S.Ct. Rule IV, Part II, § 3.