United States v. Lesepth M. Foster, A/K/A Oderris

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• holding that defendant is not prejudiced by counsel’s misadvice as to sentence if he is properly advised as to sentencing exposure during the Rule 11 hearing
• finding that potentially erroneous advice concerning sentencing was mitigated by the trial court’s “careful explanation of the potential severity of the sentence”
• finding that the defendant had not been prejudiced by counsel’s erroneous advice regarding his sentence because the district court provided a “careful explanation” of the severity of the sentence
• “[E]ven if Foster’s trial counsel provided Foster incorrect information about sentencing, Foster was in no way prejudiced by such information given the trial court’s careful explanation of the potential severity of the sentence.”

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