Benjamin Darrell Keen v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)

Altice, Judge.

Case Summary

[1] Benjamin Keen pled guilty to Class B felony dealing methamphetamine and admitted to being a habitual substance offender. His plea agreement provided for a sentencing cap of twenty years executed, which is the sentence he ultimately received. Keen filed a petition for post-conviction relief claiming that he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel and that his guilty plea was not knowing, voluntary, and intelligent because his trial counsel misadvised him about his eligibility for the habitual-substance-offender enhancement. Following a hearing, the…