STATE v. FRANCIS

No. 2003-1767.

104 Ohio St.3d 490 (2004)

2004-Ohio-6894

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. FRANCIS, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 22, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Kristen L. Lusnia, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Michael Peterson & Associates and Jonathan Aaron Bartell, Cleveland, for appellant.


ALICE ROBIE RESNICK, J.

{¶ 1} This appeal involves R.C. 2943.031, which supplies the language a trial court accepting a plea of guilty or no contest is to use to warn a noncitizen criminal defendant of the possible consequences (deportation, exclusion, or denial of naturalization) of a criminal conviction. Specifically, we consider what standards to apply in ruling on a motion to withdraw a guilty...

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