Lyons v. Pearce

We accepted review of this case to consider it with Lyons v. Pearce, (Lyons I), 298 Or 554, 694 P2d 969 (1985).

In Lyons I, in which petitioner entered a guilty plea, we decided that neither ORS 135.385(2)(d) 1 nor any constitutional provision requires the trial court to inform a defendant orally of the possibility that if he is an alien he may be deported. The statute only requires the court to satisfy itself that a defendant is so informed. We held that written notice of the possibility of deportation sufficed. We also held that ORS 135.425 2 and the constitutional provision involving the…