Legal Opinion

Mended v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 19, 2001No. 2D00-4110PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIS, Judge.

Juan Mendez appeals the summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief. In that motion he alleged that his plea was involuntary because he was not informed of the immigration consequences of the conviction. See Peart v. State, 756 So.2d 42 (Fla.2000). We affirm because we conclude that his motion is facially insufficient. Specifically, Mendez’s motion fails because he asserted only that he was generally “in danger of deportation” and did not affirmatively allege that he is now actually threatened with deportation as a result of the convictions he attacks. See Saldana v.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Peart v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
  2. Saldana v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001
  3. Perez v. MooreSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
  4. Rodriguez v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Vaillancourt v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
  2. Glinton v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003

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