CASTILLO v. STATE

No. 3D08-154.

990 So.2d 564 (2008)

Jorge Alberto CASTILLO, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied September 23, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eduardo Soto, Coral Gables, Andrea Morey, Kate Walling, and Karla Lammers, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Angel L. Fleming, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before COPE and SUAREZ, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.


SUAREZ, J.

Jorge Alberto Castillo seeks to reverse the trial court's order denying his motion to vacate his plea pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We reverse and remand.

Castillo is a Peruvian citizen. In 1995, he pleaded guilty to a forgery charge and adjudication was withheld.1 Castillo asserts that his application for permanent residency has since been denied and that he is subject to deportation. Castillo...

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