People v. Kazadi

Opinion by

Judge GABRIEL.

Defendant, Yanick Kazadi, a legal permanent resident who came to the United States from the Congo with his parents when he was thirteen years old, appeals the district court's order denying without a hearing his Crim. P. 85(e) motion for postconviction relief. In that motion, Kazadi, relying on both state and federal constitutional law, collaterally attacked his felony and misdemeanor drug possession convictions, arguing that he would not have pleaded guilty to those crimes had plea counsel informed him that by doing so he would subject himself to presumptive mandatory…