Carrillo

Filed 3/15/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

THE PEOPLE,

F084751

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. MCR09130) v.

FRANCISCO CARRILLO, OPINION

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Madera County. Dale J. Blea, Judge. Law Office of Jeremy M. Dobbins and Jeremy M. Dobbins for Defendant and Appellant. Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, Julie A. Hokans and Galen N. Farris, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent. -ooOoo- Penal Code section 1473.7 1 became effective on January 1, 2017, and authorized motions to vacate a plea of guilty or nolo contendere on the ground the defendant did not meaningfully understand the adverse immigration consequences of a plea. Since then,

Unlabeled statutory references are to the Penal Code. the Fifth District has decided 25 appeals involving the denial of such a motion. This case is unlike the earlier appeals for two reasons. First, appellant Francisco Carrillo’s motion seeks to…