Crabbe v. State

Phipps, Judge.

Clayton Crabbe appeals the denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty plea. He claims that his counsel was ineffective for incorrectly advising him that he would be eligible for parole after serving ten years in prison and that he would not have accepted the negotiated plea if his counsel had correctly advised him that he would be required to serve his entire sentence of twenty years in prison on the charge of kidnapping.

There is no requirement that a defendant be advised of his eligibility or ineligibility for parole for his guilty plea to be valid. But where, as here, the…