Benitez-Chacon v. State

The state appeals a judgment in a post-conviction case granting petitioner post-conviction relief on the ground that petitioner’s trial counsel failed to inform her fully and adequately of the immigration consequences of a no contest plea. On appeal, the state challenges the post-conviction court’s denial of its motion to dismiss the petition as time barred, as well as the post-conviction court’s determination that petitioner was entitled to relief on the merits of the petition. Because we conclude that the petition was time barred, we reverse without reaching the petition’s merits.

Petitioner…