Ex Parte Hairston

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• when prosecutor was source of erroneous information concerning parole eligibility and that mistaken belief formed basis of plea agreement, applicant entitled to habeas relief
• defendant must show that parole eligibility date was element of bargain to prevail if parole eligibility date advice was erroneous
• speculative nature of parole attainment is such as to discount its legal importance on subject of voluntariness of guilty plea

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