Opinion ID: 663989
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Court's Failure To Advise of Consequences of Guilty Plea

Text: 16 As discussed above, the record establishes that the trial judge advised Sand at sentencing, if not before, that his concurrent fifteen-years-to-life sentence would begin on June 1, 1983. If that beginning date was inconsistent with Sand's understanding of the plea agreement, he could have objected at that time. Where, as here, the sentencing judge apprised the petitioner of the allowable range of punishment under the plea agreement, and the petitioner does not allege that his plea was induced by threats, misrepresentation, or improper promises, the plea is not rendered involuntary solely on the basis of the defendant's misunderstanding of the minimum time he would have to serve. 2 See Mabry, 467 U.S. at 509. Because the record indicates that Sand was apprised of the allowable range of punishment that could be imposed and he did not allege in his petition that his plea was induced by threats or promises outside the record, he is not entitled to an evidentiary hearing on this claim. Cf. Pebworth, 489 F.2d at 267. 17