Damian J. Vaz v. the State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledFebruary 19, 2020
Docket3D20-0107
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
Third District Court of Appeal
State of Florida
Opinion filed February 19, 2020.
Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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No. 3D20-0107
Lower Tribunal Nos. 17-185A-K,17-184A-K,17-186A-K, & 17-187A-K
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Damian J. Vaz,
Appellant,
vs.
The State of Florida,
Appellee.
An appeal under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.141(b)(2) from the
Circuit Court for Monroe County, Mark H. Jones, Judge.
Damian J. Vaz, in proper person.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, for appellee.
Before SALTER, SCALES, and MILLER, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Yanez v. State, 170 So. 3d 9, 11 (Fla. 2nd DCA 2015) (“[T]o
state a claim for relief under Padilla, 1 a movant must establish the following: (1) that
the movant was present in the country lawfully at the time of the plea; (2) that the
plea at issue is the sole basis for the movant’s deportation; (3) that the law, as it
existed at the time of the plea, subjected the movant to “virtually automatic”
deportation; (4) that the “presumptively mandatory” consequence of deportation is
clear from the face of the immigration statute; (5) that counsel failed to accurately
advise the movant about the deportation consequences of the plea; and (6) that, if
the movant had been accurately advised, he or she would not have entered the
plea.”); Facey v. State, 143 So. 3d 1003, 1004 (Fla. 4th DCA 2014) (“Here, appellant
entered his plea with eyes wide open and aware of the risk of deportation. He now
faces the very consequences that he fully acknowledged understanding when he
accepted the plea.”).
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Padilla v. Kentucky, 559 U.S. 356, 130 S. Ct. 1473, 176 L. Ed. 2d 284 (2010).
2