Baker v. Premo

In this appeal, petitioner challenges the post-conviction court’s order denying his motion for summary judgment and granting defendant’s cross-motion for summary judgment. The summary judgment motions concerned whether petitioner’s criminal trial counsel was constitutionally inadequate for agreeing to a change in the terms of a plea agreement that, according to petitioner, resulted in an enlargement of petitioner’s total sentence from 152 months to 180 months. The post-conviction court granted summary judgment to defendant on the ground that petitioner could not demonstrate prejudice,…