Alex Carrillo v. State of Indiana

OPINION

CRONE, Judge.

Case Summary

In 2006, Alex Carrillo, a citizen of Ecuador who immigrated to the United States when he was one year old, pled guilty to resisting law enforcement and operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Carrillo now appeals the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief (“PCR”), in which he argued that his guilty plea counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to advise him that there could be negative immigration consequences as a result of his guilty plea. The post-conviction court concluded that because Carrillo’s attorney did not know, and had no reason…