P. v. Farasati
Defendant Parasto Sedigh Farasati was born in Iran and left that country with her family in 1977, when she was three years old. Defendant and her family came to this country in 1990, and she was granted status as a legal permanent resident. Defendant was convicted of possessing methamphetamine for sale in 2002 and 2005, pursuant to negotiated plea bargains in which defendant entered pleas of no contest (2002) and guilty (2005) in exchange for a grant of probation and diversion to a rehabilitation program instead of imprisonment. (Health & Saf. Code, 11378.) When entering her pleas, she was advised in writing that her criminal convictions subjected her to deportation. Defendant successfully completed probation in July 2008.
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