YANEZ v. STATE

No. 2D13-5017.

170 So.3d 9 (2015)

Nely Yamileth YANEZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied June 10, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michelle Borton and Paul Palacios , Tampa, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Patricia A. McCarthy , Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

Rebecca Sharpless of Immigration Clinic, University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, for Amici Curiae, The American Immigration Lawyers Association, Central and South Florida Chapter, and The National Immigration Project of The National Lawyers Guild.


Nely Yamileth Yanez appeals an order denying her motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. The motion alleged that her attorney failed to warn her that her guilty plea to public assistance fraud subjected her to deportation, and therefore, the attorney rendered ineffective assistance...

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