William Henry Hammond v. United States

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• holding that a defendant’s guilty plea was involuntary where his counsel erroneously advised him that if he did not plead he could be sentenced to a maximum 90-95 year sentence, when the law actually prescribed a maximum of only 55 years
• observing, before Strickland, that counsel’s incorrect advice about possible sentences constituted ineffective assistance

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