Opinion ID: 2799305
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Heading: Yung-Cheng Tsai

Text: On July 27, 2006, Tsai pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver (marijuana). On August 29, 2006, the trial court sentenced him to 11 months in jail and 12 months of community custody. Tsai did not appeal. On or about October 30, 2007, Tsai received a notice to appear from the United States Immigration and Naturalization Services, which informed him that he was subject to removal (also known as deportation) based on his conviction. 2 In re Pers. Restraint ofTsai, No. 88770-5 In re Pers. Restraint ofJagana, No. 89992-4 On July 21, 2008, Tsai filed a motion to withdraw his guilty plea under CrR 7 .8, alleging that his attorney wrongfully advised him he would not be deportable if he accepted the State's plea offer and that this erroneous advice was prejudicial. The trial court denied Tsai' s motion as time barred. The motion was filed over one year after Tsai pleaded guilty, and the trial court held that equitable tolling did not apply. The trial court did not transfer Tsai' s motion to the Court of Appeals for consideration as a PRP. Tsai did not appeal or otherwise pursue his 2008 motion. On May 18, 2011, Tsai again moved to withdraw his guilty plea under CrR 7.8 based on his attorney's alleged erroneous advice. Tsai argued his motion was exempt from the one-year time bar in RCW 10.73.090(1) under RCW 10.73.100(6) because Padilla and State v. Sandoval, 171 Wn.2d 163, 249 P.3d 1015 (2011) (applying Padilla) effected a significant, material change in the law that applies retroactively. The trial court initially denied Tsai's 2011 motion, holding it was time barred. On Tsai' s motion, the trial court vacated its holding and transferred the motion to the Court of Appeals to be considered as a PRP. The Court of Appeals denied Tsai's PRP as time barred, holding that Padilla and Sandoval do not apply retroactively. We granted Tsai's motion for discretionary review and consolidated his case with Jagana's. In re Pers. Restraint ofYung-Cheng Tsai, 180 Wn.2d 1014,327 P.3d 55 (2014). 3 In re Pers. Restraint ofTsai, No. 88770-5 In re Pers. Restraint ofJagana, No. 89992-4