P. v. Colin CA4/1
Socorro Vidal Colin, a noncitizen, was deported to Mexico after she was convicted by a jury of two drug offenses and two counts of felony child abuse. She moved under Penal Code section 1473.7 to vacate her convictions, claiming that she would have tried to negotiate an immigration-safe plea rather than go to trial had she known that an adverse jury verdict on the charges would result in immigration consequences. Finding no basis in the
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