Angela Rosario v. State

We affirm the trial court’s order dismissing appellant’s second amended motion for postconviction relief in which she claimed that she was entitled to withdraw her plea to criminal charges because her counsel was ineffective or violated a Sixth Amendment duty under Padilla v. Kentucky, 559 U.S. 356, 130 S.Ct. 1473, 176 L.Ed.2d 284 (2010). Padilla held “that counsel must inform [the] client whether [a] plea carries a risk of deportation.” Id. at 374, 130 S.Ct. 1473. Counsel did not violate this duty.

This court and others have held that, in a situation where a defendant seeks to withdraw a plea…