Johnson v. Roberts

HUNSTEIN, Chief Justice.

We granted Terry Eric Johnson a certificate of probable cause to appeal the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus to consider whether Johnson was entitled to habeas relief on the ground that his guilty plea attorney was ineffective for affirmatively misinforming him regarding his parole eligibility. For the reasons that follow, we conclude the habeas court erred by holding that Johnson was not affirmatively misinformed regarding his parole eligibility but we vacate and remand the case for the habeas court to determine whether, but for counsel’s deficiency,…