Meridor v. State

Full title: Finest Meridor, Appellant, v. The State of Florida, Appellee.

Court: Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Date published: May 11, 2016

193 So. 3d 81 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

Opinion

No. 3D13–2203.

05-11-2016

Finest MERIDOR, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Finest Meridor, in proper person. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Finest Meridor, in proper person.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, for appellee.

Before SHEPHERD, SALTER and EMAS, JJ.

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See State v. Sinclair, 995 So.2d 621 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008) (holding defendant was not entitled to seek relief unless he “could establish the plea in the case under attack is the only basis for deportation”) (quoting Forrest v. State, 988 So.2d 38, 40 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008) (emphasis in original)). See also Cano v. State, 112 So.3d 646 (Fla. 4th DCA 2013) (holding that a defendant seeking to vacate his plea pursuant to Padilla v. Kentucky, 559 U.S. 356, 130 S.Ct. 1473, 176 L.Ed.2d 284 (2010), must establish that he was present in the country lawfully at the time of the plea and that the plea at issue is the sole basis for the defendant's deportation).