People v. Shabaan

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Laura A. Ward, J.), entered on or about May 1, 2015, which denied defendant’s CPL 440.10 motion to vacate a 2008 judgment of conviction, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant argues that his counsel affirmatively misadvised him about the immigration consequences of his plea (see People v McDonald, 1 NY3d 109, 111 [2003]). However, neither counsel’s statement that he would “do what he could to help” defendant with respect to defendant’s stated desire to join the Army, nor counsel’s request that the court issue a certificate of relief from disabilities to help…