Johnson v. Castro

MEMORANDUM **

Petitioner Antoine Johnson pleaded no contest to attempted, premeditated, deliberate murder. Pursuant to the plea agreement, Johnson was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole. Johnson claims that his trial counsel told him that he would serve only seven years of his life sentence and that, based on this information, Johnson accepted the plea agreement. In fact, Johnson was only eligible for parole in seven years. Johnson claims that, had he known he would only become eligible for parole in seven years, he would not have accepted the plea agreement and would…