Legal Opinion

State v. Paredes

Court of Appeals of Utah

Decided March 22, 2018No. 20160508-CAPublished

Judge Michele M. Christiansen authored this Opinion, in which Judges David N. Mortensen and Diana Hagen concurred.

1Opinion of the Court

CHRISTIANSEN, Judge:

¶1 Defendant Reynaldo Paredes, a lawful permanent resident of the United States, appeals from the district court's denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty plea. According to Defendant, his counsel had not adequately informed him of the immigration consequences of entering that plea, thereby failing to provide him with effective representation. The district court denied the withdrawal motion after finding that Defendant had been adequately informed. We conclude that Defendant has not demonstrated that the district court clearly erred or otherwise abused its discretion…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Padilla v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  3. State v. LitherlandUtah Supreme Court · 2000
  4. Ramirez-Gil v. StateCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2014
  5. State v. StolfusCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2014

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