Alkanan v. State

786 So.2d 1275 (2001)

Hytham ALKANAN, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 4D00-3143.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 20, 2001.

Richard F. Della Fera of Entin, Margules and Della Fera, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

No appearance required for appellee.

Appellant, Hytham Alkanan, appeals the denial of his petition for writ of error coram nobis. He claimed that he did not understand the immigration consequences of his 1991 plea to drug charges and alleged newly discovered evidence that his fiancee (now wife) planted the drugs. He had completed his probationary…