State ex rel. White v. Suster

{¶ 1} In March 1996, appellant, DeWight White, a Jamaican citizen, pled guilty to two counts of burglary and three counts of theft. See State v. White (2001), 142 Ohio App.3d 132, 133, 754 N.E.2d 287. Before the common pleas court accepted his plea, it informed White of his constitutional rights but did not advise him that he could be deported if he pled guilty and was convicted. See R.C. 2943.031(A). The common pleas court convicted White and sentenced him to prison.

{¶ 2} In November 1996, White moved to withdraw his guilty plea, and the common pleas court denied the motion. White did not…