A guilty plea entered after proper legal advice, where the applicant was arraigned on two counts and distinctly pleaded guilty to each, will not be set aside on the basis of a claimed misunderstanding where the evidence of trial counsel, supported by the transcript, contradicts the applicant's account. The parity principle does not require consideration of whether a co-offender would have a justifiable sense of grievance at an otherwise appropriate sentence.
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