Miguel Cosio-Nava v. State

Appellant Miguel Cosio-Nava (“Cosio”) appeals the district court’s dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief, in which he alleged that trial counsel provided him ineffective assistance by failing to advise him of the immigration consequences of pleading guilty.

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Cosio pled guilty in 2014 to the felony offense of domestic battery with traumatic injury, in violation of Idaho Code sections 18-903 and 18-918(2). Cosio is a Mexican citizen who had been in the United States since 1992 as a Legal Permanent Resident (“LPR”). At his sentencing hearing, the…