P. v. Fernandez
Pursuant to a negotiated agreement Roger Fernandez pleaded guilty in 1992 to aggravated assault and admitted he had personally used a firearm in committing the offense. He was sentenced to an aggregate state prison term of six years and was deported from the United States immediately after his release from prison in 1998. In 2010 Fernandez, again in federal custody awaiting deportation, moved to vacate the 1992 conviction, contending the court lacked jurisdiction to try him as an adult because he was only 16 years old at the time of the offense and his trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective because she failed to advise him of the immigration consequences of his plea. We affirm the trial court's order denying Fernandez's motion.
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