Tapia
People v. Tapia
Opinion
lead Opinion
Peña, J.
INTRODUCTION
Appellant Ramiro Tapia pled no contest in 2012 to one count of violating Penal Code section 182, subdivision (a)(1), conspiracy, and one count of violating Health and Safety Code section 11358, planting, harvesting, or processing cannabis plants. (Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.) In 2017, Tapia filed a motion pursuant to section 1473.7 to withdraw his plea and vacate his convictions on *574 the ground he was not informed of the actual adverse immigration consequences of his plea. The trial court denied the motion. Tapia appeals, contending he is entitled to the requested relief because trial counsel provided ineffective assistance of counsel. Specifically, he faults trial counsel for failing to advise him of the precise immigration consequences of his plea and for failing to negotiate a plea bargain with no adverse immigration consequences. We reject these contentions and affirm the trial court's order denying his motion.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL SUMMARY
Because Tapia pled no contest to the offenses, we take the facts of the offenses from the probation report. On October 25, 2012, law enforcement officers from the Madera County Narcotic…