Legal Opinion
DIAZ v. the STATE.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided September 27, 2017No. A17A1333PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McFadden, Presiding Judge.
*19 Jose Soriano Diaz appeals from the denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty plea, arguing that his attorney's failure to properly advise him of the immigration consequences of the plea led him to plead guilty. Because Diaz has not demonstrated that any deficiency in counsel's performance resulted in prejudice, we affirm.
"When a criminal defendant seeks to withdraw a guilty plea on the ground of ineffective assistance of counsel, the ineffective assistance claim must be evaluated under the two-prong test set forth in Strickland v. Washington [, 466 U.S. 668 , 687…
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