David Brown v. E.P. Perini William Brown, Attorney General of Ohio

KEITH, Circuit Judge.

The petitioner, David Brown, appeals from the district court’s denial of habeas corpus relief from a conviction on two counts of aggravated murder. The thrust of his claim for relief is that he was denied federal due process by being affirmatively misinformed of his parole eligibility date. We conclude, however, that the petitioner’s guilty plea is not invalidated by the trial judge’s inaccurate statement regarding parole limitations. Therefore, upon the facts of this case, we hold that the petitioner’s guilty plea comports with the requisites of due process, and that…