Title: State of Florida v. Gino Kalici
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC96-587
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: September 7, 2000

Supreme 
Court 
of 
Florida
 
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No. SC96587
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STATE OF FLORIDA,
Petitioner,
vs.
GINO KALICI,
Respondent.
[September 7, 2000]
PER CURIAM.
We have for review Kalici v. State, 755 So. 2d 680 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999), on
the ground of express and direct conflict with Peart v. State, 705 So. 2d  1059 (Fla.
3d DCA DCA 1998), quashed 756 So. 2d 42 (Fla. 2000).  We have jurisdiction.   
See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.
We recently held in Peart v. State,756 So. 2d 42 (Fla. 2000), that prior to
Wood v. State, 750 So. 2d 592 (Fla. 1999), a noncustodial defendant properly
could have sought relief based on a trial court’s failure to  advise him or her of the
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immigration consequences of a plea through a petition for writ of error coram nobis
and that defendants have two years from the time they are threatened with
deportation to file the pleading.  See Peart, 756 So. 2d at 46.  We emphasize that
from Wood forward, claimants should employ a motion pursuant to Florida Rule
of Criminal Procedure 3.850 when seeking such relief.  We approve  the result
below since it is consistent with our decision in Peart.
It is so ordered.
SHAW, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE and LEWIS, JJ., concur.
WELLS, C.J., and HARDING and QUINCE, JJ., dissent.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION, AND
IF FILED, DETERMINED.
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - 
Direct Conflict
Fourth District - Case No. 4D98-2923 
(Broward County)
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Celia Terenzio, Assistant Attorney
General, Bureau Chief, and Leslie T. Campbell, Assistant Attorney General, West
Palm Beach, Florida,
for Petitioner
Neal A. Dupree, Fort Lauderdale, Florida,
for Respondent