SMITH v. STATE

No. 4D10-2879.

85 So.3d 551 (2012)

Steve SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 11, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Althea M. Campbell , Tamarac, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Helene C. Hvizd , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


WARNER, J.

We affirm the trial court's denial of appellant's postconviction challenge to his 1986 conviction for possession of cannabis with intent to deliver. He claims that this conviction is causing deportation proceedings against him, which commenced in April 2010. He maintains that he was not advised by counsel or the court at the 1986 plea hearing, a transcript of which is now unavailable, that his plea may result in deportation, and that if he had been so advised...

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