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PEOPLE v. VILLA

No. S151561.

45 Cal.4th 1063 (2009)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. AVELINO CEJA VILLA, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

March 16, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney Richard Jones, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Reed Smith, Paul D. Fogel; and Linda Starr for Northern California Innocence Project as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer and Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorneys General, Robert R. Anderson and Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Gerald A. Engler, Assistant Attorney General, Stan Helfman, Laurence K. Sullivan, Christopher J. Wei and Jeffrey M. Laurence, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

WERDEGAR, J.—

Avelino Ceja Villa, a lawful resident alien, pleaded guilty to a felony in this state in 1989 and served a three-year period of probation. Now, many years later, he is facing removal from this country by federal immigration authorities, allegedly because of his 1989 conviction. In a companion case, we address whether, and to what extent, persons in similar situations are entitled to have their guilty pleas vacated...

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