Case Name: Roberto PEREZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2011-04-27
Citations: 60 So. 3d 511
Docket Number: No. 3D08-1922
Parties: Roberto PEREZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before RAMIREZ, C.J., and LAGOA and SALTER, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 60
Pages: 511–511

Head Matter:
Roberto PEREZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D08-1922.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
April 27, 2011.
Rehearing Denied May 17, 2011.
Eduardo Soto and Javier Morales, for appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Timothy R.M. Thomas, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before RAMIREZ, C.J., and LAGOA and SALTER, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See State v. Sinclair, 995 So.2d 621, 623 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008) ("In order to establish prejudice as a result of the failure to advise a defendant of the deportation consequences of a plea, '[t]he burden is on the movant to establish that the plea in the case under attack is the only basis for deportation. Only then can the movant show prejudice resulting from the failure to advise of deportation consequences in the case under attack.' " (quoting Forrest v. State, 988 So.2d 38, 40 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008) (emphasis added in original))).