State v. Sosa

Hunstein, Chief Justice.

Daniel Sosa filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus contending that his attorney was ineffective for failing to advise him that his *735guilty plea would subject him to removal or deportation. The State moved to dismiss the petition as untimely. The habeas court denied the motion and granted habeas relief on the ground that Sosa received ineffective assistance of counsel at his plea hearing in 2002. Because Sosa’s habeas petition was untimely under the four-year statute of limitations in OCGA § 9-14-42, we reverse.

On May 9,2002, Sosa entered a plea of guilty to child…