People v. Serrano

Opinion

RUSHING, P. J.

Defendant Amador Serrano, a permanent resident of the United States, currently faces deportation as a result of a conviction he sustained in 2007. He appeals from an order entered by the trial court denying his motion to vacate the conviction. On appeal, his counsel filed a brief pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 [158 Cal.Rptr. 839] (Wende). Because this appeal was not defendant’s first appeal of right, but a subsequent appeal from a postjudgment proceeding, we asked counsel to brief the question of whether defendant was entitled to the benefit of the Wende…