In Re Bentley

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• court failed to explain nature of charges and to discuss minimum and maximum penalties of charged offenses, but record revealed knowing and voluntary plea
• acceptance of guilty plea affirmed where there was \substantial but not complete compliance with Rule 11\
• acceptance of guilty plea affirmed where there was “substantial but not complete compliance with Rule 11”
• “post-conviction relief proceedings do not address the guilt or innocence of the defendant, but the fairness of the proceedings”
• “[P]ost-conviction relief proceedings do not address the guilt or innocence of the defendant, but the fairness of the proceedings leading to conviction and incarceration.”
• to show prejudice, petitioner must demonstrate that he was unaware of nature of charges and consequences of plea, and that his lack of understanding caused him to plead no contest

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).