"Just a few days into his murder trial in April, Marquice McClinton, 39, pleaded no contest to first-degree murder for an agreed-upon sentence of 29 years to life in prison. But almost immediately after taking the deal, McClinton started trying to get out of it, complaining to loved ones over the monitored Santa Rita Jail inmate phone that he had been misled. Much of the blame and vitriol was aimed at his lawyer, according to court records."
"That lying (expletive), that lying-(expletive) (expletive). That lying mother(expletive), McClinton said on one call, referring to his trial lawyer, according to a transcript filed in court. He claimed that he'd been told he'd have to do 16 years before he was eligible for parole, not 29, and that, Before I come out, before, I'd be, I'd be 70 years old, 80 years old."
Marquice McClinton pleaded no contest to first-degree murder in April and accepted an agreed sentence of 29 years to life. Shortly after the plea, McClinton used monitored jail calls to allege he had been misled about parole eligibility and to angrily accuse his trial lawyer. Court transcripts show the judge explained the agreed sentence at the change-of-plea hearing and McClinton acknowledged understanding it. New court filings by a different defense attorney allege the prior lawyer urged the plea and reference a recorded jail conversation prosecutors intended to play. McClinton attempted and failed to undo the conviction.
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