State v. Sergio Mendez

¶ 1. Defendant appeals the trial court’s denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty pleas in two domestic assault cases. Defendant argues that the court erred by not using the term “deportation” or “clearly equivalent language” to advise him that deportation was a possible consequence of pleading guilty. We affirm.

¶ 2. Defendant is a citizen of the Dominican Republic who lived and worked legally in Massachusetts as a permanent resident of the United States. In June 2013, he pleaded guilty to one charge of felony domestic assault stemming from a May 2013 incident in which he attempted to…