Ham v. Commissioner of Correction

Opinion

McLACHLAN, J.

The petitioner, Eric Ham, appeals 1 from the judgment of the habeas court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner claims that the habeas court improperly denied his petition for failure to establish that he was entitled to relief, regardless of his subsequent conviction and sentencing pursuant to a fair trial, where he had argued that his counsel’s mistaken advice during the plea bargaining process led him to reject the state’s favorable plea offer. The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the mistaken advice concerning parole eligibility…