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Dobbins v. State

Citations

  • 187 S.W.3d 865
  • 2006 Mo. LEXIS 50
  • 2006 WL 920112

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  • finding counsel ineffective for affirmatively misrepresenting to the movant that he would be able to attack any sentence imposed after pleading guilty
  • finding defendant prejudiced by 9 entering an open plea upon inaccurate advice he would be eligible to petition for early release because he rejected a plea offer for a term of years less than he received
  • “counsel was ineffective in affirmatively misleading Dobbins as to the applicability of section 558.046 [regarding reduction of a sentence] and ... this ineffectiveness prejudiced him” by causing him to enter an open plea

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Judges: Per Curiam

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