Pettis v. State

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• recognizing that the distinction between direct and collateral consequences breaks down and a different rule applies where counsel misinforms a client regarding a particular consequence
• finding ineffective assistance of counsel when both the movant and the circuit court possessed a mistaken belief that his parole eligibility would not be extinguished entirely by the imposition of consecutive sentences
• “The prejudice is obvious” . . . where the sentencing court expressly misconstrued the effect of sentencing the defendant to a consecutive 5 term after expressing its interest in showing leniency to the defendant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).