State v. Brewster

The opinion of the court was delivered by

ASHRAFI, J.A.D.

Seeking to avoid deportation some twelve years after he was convicted of drug charges, defendant Moses Brewster appeals from January 2011 orders denying his petition for post-conviction relief (PCR). He claims he was deprived of effective assistance of counsel when he pleaded guilty in 1998 because his attorney did not advise him he would be deported. On both factual and legal grounds, we reject defendant’s contentions and affirm denial of his PCR petition.

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Defendant is not a United States citizen. He was born and raised in Jamaica and…