Limon

In 1988, Jaime Limón pled guilty to cultivation and sale of marijuana after the court read Penal Code section 1016.5’s alien status advisement to him. In 1995, he was deported from the United States. In 1997, he returned to the United States illegally. In 2008, he filed a motion to vacate the judgment, withdraw his guilty pleas, and enter not guilty pleas so that he could “have a realistic chance of avoiding permanent banishment from the United States.” The court denied his motion. He appeals the court’s order. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

On March 23, 1988, the district attorney filed a complaint in municipal court case No. 48103 charging Limon with two counts of sale of marijuana, one on March 18, 1988, and one on March 21, 1988. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11360.) In a different document, the district attorney charged him in municipal court case No. 48214 with two counts of cultivation of marijuana, one on March 1, 1988. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11358.)

On April 14, 1988, Limon appeared with his attorney for a negotiated disposition of both cases. The reporter’s transcript shows the terms of the negotiated disposition as, inter alia, a guilty plea with a maximum nine-month…