Case Name: Bilal M. CHAAR, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1997-01-15
Citations: 685 So. 2d 1037
Docket Number: No. 96-985
Parties: Bilal M. CHAAR, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., COPE, J., and BARKDULL, Senior Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 685
Pages: 1037–1038

Head Matter:
Bilal M. CHAAR, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 96-985.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Jan. 15, 1997.
Alfonso M. Saldana, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Doqttyen T. Nguyen, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., COPE, J., and BARKDULL, Senior Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The order denying appellant Bilal M. Chaar's petition for writ of coram nobis is affirmed. In 1987 Chaar pled nolo contende-re to possession of cocaine and drug paraphernalia, and successfully completed a period of probation. Under threat of deportation proceeding's, Chaar departed from the United States and has been denied reentry. He petitioned for coram nobis, seeking to vacate his plea on the ground that he did not know the plea would render him ineligible for reentry. We affirm the trial court's denial of relief on authority of State v. Ginebra, 511 So.2d 960 (Fla.1987) ; see also State v. Fox, 659 So.2d 1324 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995), review denied, 668 So.2d 602 (Fla.1996).
Affirmed.
. The rule governing pleas was changed effective January 1, 1989, to require a warning regarding possible deportation consequences. See In re Amendments to Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, 536 So.2d 992, 994 (Fla.1988); Fla.R.Crim. P. 3.172(c)(8).