Opinion ID: 1530550
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Heading: Deadly Weapon Prohibition Constitutes Collateral Consequence

Text: The judge's failure to inform Kipp in 1990 that he would, upon conviction, be prohibited from possessing deadly weapons did not render the 1990 guilty plea involuntary. A defendant's loss of the future right to possess deadly weapons upon entry of certain guilty pleas is merely a collateral consequence of such a plea. [1] Without a doubt, the defendant must understand the consequences of pleading guilty, but this does not include informing him of collateral civil or criminal consequences of the plea. Villa v. State, Del.Supr., 456 A.2d 1229, 1232 (1983); State v. Carr, Del.Supr., 641 A.2d 833 (1994). Cf. Krewson v. State, Del.Supr., 552 A.2d 840, 842 (1988). Therefore, Kipp's 1990 conviction for Assault in the Third Degree is valid.