GARCIA v. STATE

No. M2012-01058-SC-R11-PC

425 S.W.3d 248 (2013)

Juan Alberto Blanco GARCIA, v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

December 23, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matt Maniatis , Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Juan Alberto Blanco Garcia.

Robert E. Cooper, Jr. , Attorney General and Reporter; William E. Young , Solicitor General; James E. Gaylord , Assistant Attorney General; Lisa Zavogiannis , District Attorney General; and Thomas J. Miner , Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.


OPINION

CORNELIA A. CLARK, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which GARY R. WADE, C.J., JANICE M. HOLDER, WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.

In this post-conviction proceeding the petitioner alleged ineffective assistance of counsel based upon trial counsel's failure to advise him of the immigration consequences of his plea as required by Padilla v. Kentucky, 559 U.S. 356, 130 S.Ct. 1473

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