People v. Stovall

In 1991, defendant shot and killed two victims. With respect to each killing, he pleaded guilty of second-degree murder. Both pleas involved a sentence agreement under which defendant would be sentenced to parolable life imprisonment.

At the plea hearing, his counsel stated, “I’ve advised [defendant] that the statute permits the Parole Board to consider him for [parole] at the end of ten years on this type of life sentence . . . .” Defendant later moved to withdraw his pleas, arguing that defense counsel had misled him concerning the likelihood that he could be paroled from his life sentences.…