The 3rd Circuit vacated Howard Baker’s conviction due to his lawyer’s gross miscalculation of potential sentencing. Baker was advised he faced 21 years if he went to trial, but he was actually subjected to a 57-year mandatory minimum. The court emphasized the extreme sentencing disparity as evidence of prejudice. vacated Howard Baker’s conviction due to his lawyer’s gross miscalculation of potential sentencing. Baker was advised he faced 21 years if he went to trial, but he was actually subjected to a 57-year mandatory minimum. The court emphasized the extreme sentencing disparity as evidence of prejudice.
Baker v US, Case No 23-2059, 2024 USApp LEXIS 18333 (3d Cir. July 25, 2024)]
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