Legal Opinion
Valdez v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 31, 2006No. 05-CO-435PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Senior Judge:
Servilio Valdez pleaded guilty to two burglary related charges on May 1, 1989. Almost fifteen years later, he moved to withdraw his guilty plea claiming that he had not been advised of the immigration consequences of pleading guilty, as required by D.C.Code § 16-713 (2001) at the time of his plea. The United States Attorney was not asked to submit a response. 1 The Superior Court denied the motion after Valdez failed to substantiate his claim that the warnings were not given. Valdez challenges this ruling, contending that because the transcripts of the plea proceedings have…
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