Beckford v. State

The defendant filed a motion for post-conviction relief, pursuant to Fla. R.Crim. P. 3.850, contending trial counsel incorrectly advised him that a no-contest plea to five felony drug charges would not result in deportation proceedings being initiated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Proceedings were begun against the defendant on February 11, 2011, reciting the defendant’s five convictions as the basis for two grounds for deportation. The defendant contends that the U.S. Supreme Court in Padilla v. Kentucky, — U.S.-, 130 S.Ct. 1473, 176 L.Ed.2d 284 (2010), held that where trial…