State v. Fernando Ortiz-Mondragon

*8ANNETTE KINGSLAND ZIEGLER, J.

¶ 1. This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals,1 which affirmed the Brown County Circuit Court's2 judgment of conviction and order denying Fernando Ortiz-Mondragon's ("Ortiz-Mondragon") post-conviction motion to withdraw his no-contest plea to substantial battery as an act of domestic abuse.3

¶ 2. Ortiz-Mondragon argues that the circuit court erred by denying his motion to withdraw his plea. He argues that he should be allowed to withdraw his plea on the basis of ineffective assistance of counsel under Padilla v. Kentucky, 559 U.S. 356…