Tucker v. Holland

How courts have described this case

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• granting habeas relief for ineffective assistance of counsel in plea negotiations
• misadvice by trial judge regarding plea bargain was prejudicial enough to grant defendant opportunity to retender guilty plea
• counsel’s advice must be accurate to enable client to make an informed choice whether to accept plea
• writ granted with directions to the trial court to permit the tender, for consideration by the court, of a plea of guilty to third degree arson based on a finding that counsel erroneously advised the petitioner to plead nolo contendere when there had been no agreement to such a plea

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).