Brown v. State

The defendant was' sentenced to life in prison in 1990 for a crime that occurred in 1989. Pursuant to the negotiated plea, the sentence was imposed under pre-guide-lines (pre-1993) law, and the transcript of the plea hearing reveals that defense counsel represented at the hearing that appellant was being “sentenced under the old system eligible for parole,” and that appellant would be so eligible. In 1998, appellant was informed upon request to DOC that he was ineligible for parole. He immediately moved for postconviction relief, claiming that his counsel was ineffective in advising him that…