Case Name: Rover RABANAL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2013-01-02
Citations: 104 So. 3d 389
Docket Number: No. 3D12-3153
Parties: Rover RABANAL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before WELLS, C.J., and LAGOA and EMAS, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 104
Pages: 389–390

Head Matter:
Rover RABANAL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D12-3153.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Jan. 2, 2013.
Claudia Del Castillo-Hronsky, for appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, for appellee.
Before WELLS, C.J., and LAGOA and EMAS, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See State v. Green, 944 So.2d 208, 217-18 (Fla.2006) (expressly receding from its prior holding in Peart v. State, 756 So.2d 42 (Fla.2000) and holding a defendant seeking to withdraw a plea due to the trial court's failure to advise him of deportation consequences must file a motion under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 8.850 within two years after the judgment and sentence become final and a "defendant filing outside the two-year limitation period must allege and prove that he or she could not have ascertained the immigration consequences of the plea with the exercise of due diligence within the two-year period")
. In Peart, which is no longer good law in Florida, the court had held the limitations period, for motions claiming a violation of Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.172(c)(8), begins to run when the defendant knew or should have known of the threat of deportation.