Elias Walter Wanatee v. John Ault

How courts have described this case

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• finding that it was deficient performance to grossly misadvise the defendant regarding his sentencing exposure
• granting habeas relief pursuant to § 2254 to a state prisoner convicted of drug and weapons charges on a claim that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to self-representation
• finding prejudice with plea of fifty years with parole eligibility versus mandatory life sentence
• even a defendant who received a fair trial can show prejudice in the plea process if he makes these two showings
• to prove “prejudice,” the defendant must prove, inter alia, that he would have received a lesser sentence

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