Legal Opinion

Eusse v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided July 22, 1998No. Nos. 96-1924, 96-1774PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

NESBITT, Judge.

Gustavo Eusse alleges that the trial court improperly neglected to inform him of the immigration law consequences of his guilty plea below. We hold that the writ of error coram nobis is not the appropriate remedy and, therefore, affirm the denial of Eusse’s *1050writ. See Peart v. State, 705 So.2d 1059 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998) (en banc).

In 1991, the State charged Eusse, a citizen of Colombia, with trafficking in cocaine and conspiracy to traffic in cocaine. On February 11, 1993, he pled guilty to those crimes. The plea colloquy did not address Eusse’s being subject to deportation as a…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Peart v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998
  2. State v. FoxDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995
  3. Rhodes v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Vance v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001

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