Opinion ID: 366929
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Heading: The Consequences of the Special Parole Term

Text: 58 Horsley also claims that the judge who accepted his guilty plea failed to advise him that the special parole term required by the statute was to be imposed in addition to, rather than in lieu of, a fine, imprisonment or ordinary parole. In addition, although Horsley does not raise this issue on appeal, the record indicates that the existence of the special parole term was mentioned at the colloquy by Assistant U.S. Attorney Atkins, and not by the judge himself. 59 Even assuming, however, that a Rule 11 violation did occur an assumption which we make for the sake of argument only Horsley is plainly not entitled to collateral relief. In Timmreck, the judge omitted Any mention during the Rule 11 colloquy of the mandatory special parole term. See--- U.S. at ----, 99 S.Ct. 2085. Yet, the Supreme Court held that this omission surely greater than that which existed here did not entitle the petitioner to habeas relief absent an allegation of actual prejudice. Because Horsley also failed to go forward with evidence of specific prejudice, Timmreck is dispositive of his claim.