State v. Arvanitis

Defendant-appellant, George Arvanitis, appeals the denial of his second petition for post-conviction relief. The trial court rejected defendant’s claim that his counsel’s failure to warn him of the deportation consequences of his guilty plea constituted ineffective assistance of counsel. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.

Defendant is a Greek national who immigrated to the United States in 1955. In 1974, he was indicted on a charge that he unlawfully sold a narcotic drug in violation of former R.C. 3719.20(B), which was repealed in 1976. Defendant pleaded not guilty. With the benefit…