THADDEUS BAXTER, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
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The court held that a motion for postconviction relief based on failure to advise of deportation consequences is subject to the same two-year time limit as other postconviction motions and that Padilla v. Kentucky does not apply retroactively.
Appellant pled guilty to a drug charge in 1985 without being advised of the deportation consequences. Over twenty-five years later, he sought postconv…
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Thaddeus Baxter appeals the denial of his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We affirm.
Mr. Baxter pled guilty to the charge of sale or delivery of a controlled substance in 1985. At the time of his plea, neither Mr. Baxter’s attorney nor the judge advised Mr. Baxter of the deportation consequences of entering the plea. Now, more than twenty-five years later, Mr. Baxter, citing Padilla v. Kentucky, — U.S. -, 130 S.Ct. 1473, 176 L.Ed.2d 284 (2010), contends that his plea was involuntary because his attorney failed to inform him about the deportation consequences of his guilty plea.
Mr. Baxter’s motion is untimely. A motion for postconviction relief based on the failure to advise a defendant regarding possible deportation consequences of a guilty plea is held to the same two-year time constraints as other postconvietion motions. State v. Green, 944 So.2d 208, 218 (Fla.2006). Further, this Court has held that Padilla does not apply retroactively. See Santiago v. State, 65 So.3d 575, 576 (Fla. 5th DCA 2011); State v. Shaikh, 65 So.3d 539, 540 (Fla. 5th DCA 2011).
For these reasons, we affirm the denial of Mr. Baxter’s motion for postconviction relief.
AFFIRMED.
MONACO and EVANDER, JJ„ concur.
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