SANTOS-SANCHEZ v. U.S.

No. 07-40145.

548 F.3d 327 (2008)

Jesus Natividad SANTOS-SANCHEZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 6, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Aristotelidis, Law Offices of Jorge Aristotelidis, San Antonio, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Renata Ann Gowie, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, for U.S.

Before REAVLEY, CLEMENT and PRADO, Circuit Judges.


PRADO, Circuit Judge:

This case primarily involves whether defense counsel or a trial judge must inform a criminal defendant of the immigration consequences of a guilty plea. The district court concluded that Jesus Natividad Santos-Sanchez ("Santos-Sanchez") had failed to establish that his counsel provided ineffective assistance or that his plea was involuntary. For the following reasons, we affirm the ruling of the district court.

I. BACKGROUND

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