MacHado v. State

OPINION

The applicant, Antonio Machado (Ma-chado), appeals from the Superior Court judgment denying his application for post-conviction relief. Machado argues that the trial justice committed error by not properly apprising him of the extent of possible immigration consequences before accepting his plea of nolo contendere, and that this error therefore required the court to vacate his plea.

This case came before the Supreme Court for oral argument on October 8, 2003, pursuant to an order directing the parties to show cause why the issues raised in this appeal should not summarily be decided.…