Sabnani v. State

Rajkumar Sabnani appeals the denial of his motion to vacate a plea under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. Sabna-ni alleged that he had not been warned regarding the immigration consequences of his plea in December 2000, when he was sentenced to probation, and he relied upon the two-year window of State v. Green, 944 So.2d 208 (Fla.2006), to establish that his motion was timely.

The trial court denied the motion because, although no transcript from the 2000 plea colloquy could be located, the State filed a transcript in which the defendant was expressly warned of immigration…