State v. Shaikh

The State seeks reversal of an order granting the motion of the appellee, Mohammed Sharique Shaikh, for post-conviction relief pursuant to rule 3.850, Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. Mr. Shaikh’s motion, his third, was based on the opinion of the United States Supreme Court in Padilla v. Kentucky, — U.S. -, 130 S.Ct. 1473, 176 L.Ed.2d 284 (2010), concerning the consequences of inadequate legal advice in connection with the risk of deportation at the time of the entry of a plea. The trial court found that his nolo contendere plea to violation of a domestic violence injunction was…