Oyekoya v. State

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for post-conviction relief. Wale Oyekoya challenges his two 1987 guilty plea convictions for theft on the grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel. We find that the petition was properly denied.

The petitioner has failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence the facts necessary to entitle him to relief. Rule 20.3, A.R.Cr.P.Temp. The petitioner claims that his counsel was ineffective because counsel failed to inform him of the possibility of deportation as a result of his guilty plea. At the evidentiary hearing held on the petition, the…