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Vaz v. State

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida
Feb 19, 2020
300 So. 3d 744 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2020)

Opinion

No. 3D20-0107

02-19-2020

Damian J. VAZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Damian J. Vaz, in proper person. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, for appellee.


Damian J. Vaz, in proper person.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, for appellee.

Before SALTER, SCALES, and MILLER, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Yanez v. State, 170 So. 3d 9, 11 (Fla. 2nd DCA 2015) ("[T]o state a claim for relief under Padilla, a movant must establish the following: (1) that the movant was present in the country lawfully at the time of the plea; (2) that the plea at issue is the sole basis for the movant's deportation; (3) that the law, as it existed at the time of the plea, subjected the movant to "virtually automatic" deportation; (4) that the "presumptively mandatory" consequence of deportation is clear from the face of the immigration statute; (5) that counsel failed to accurately advise the movant about the deportation consequences of the plea; and (6) that, if the movant had been accurately advised, he or she would not have entered the plea."); Facey v. State, 143 So. 3d 1003, 1004 (Fla. 4th DCA 2014) ("Here, appellant entered his plea with eyes wide open and aware of the risk of deportation. He now faces the very consequences that he fully acknowledged understanding when he accepted the plea.").

Padilla v. Kentucky, 559 U.S. 356, 130 S. Ct. 1473, 176 L. Ed. 2d 284 (2010).


Summaries of

Vaz v. State

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida
Feb 19, 2020
300 So. 3d 744 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2020)
Case details for

Vaz v. State

Case Details

Full title:Damian J. Vaz, Appellant, v. The State of Florida, Appellee.

Court:Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Date published: Feb 19, 2020

Citations

300 So. 3d 744 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2020)

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