State v. Monge

The defendant, Javier R. Monge, appeals from the judgments of the trial court dismissing his postsentencing motion to vacate his guilty pleas and to open the judgments of conviction. The dispositive issue is whether the court properly concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to consider the merits of that motion. We answer that query in the affirmative and, accordingly, affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The following facts are relevant to this appeal. The defendant, who is not a citizen of the United States, was involved in two domestic altercations on June 16, 2013, and August 12, 2013. He…