People v. Landaverde

HALL, J.*

*290We affirm the denial of appellant's motion to vacate his 1998 plea of guilty to committing a lewd act with a child under the age of 14 in violation of Penal Code section 288, subdivision (a).1 This motion, which was brought pursuant to the procedural mechanism set forth in section 1473.7, was based on the substantive allegation that appellant's Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel was violated by his trial counsel's supposed failure to research and advise him of the immigration consequences of that plea.2

We conclude that (1) section 1473.7 provided a…