P. v. Soto CA3
Defendant Manuel Valdivias Soto is a noncitizen who moved to the United States as a teenager in the late 1980’s to be with family and have children of his own. He appeals from the trial court’s denial of his 2020 motion to vacate his 2010 drug trafficking conviction, which subjects him to mandatory removal under federal immigration law. Claiming he would have rejected the plea had he correctly understood its actual immigration consequences, defendant contends his conviction is invalid due to prejudicial error. Agreeing, we reverse.
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