Candace Fox v. Deborah Johnson

Concurrence by Judge HURWITZ;

Dissent by Judge REINHARDT

OPINION

N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Candace Lee Fox pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in 1984 in California Superior Court and, pursuant to a plea agreement, was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of fifteen years to life. Approximately five years later, Pox successfully petitioned to withdraw her guilty plea after establishing that the sentencing court failed to inform her that she would receive a mandatory term of lifetime parole as a direct consequence of her plea. At her subsequent trial, Fox was convicted of first-degree murder,…