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STATE v. SOSA

No. S12A1130.

733 S.E.2d 262 (2012)

291 Ga. 734

STATE v. SOSA.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 15, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Joseph Poirier, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellant.

Kimberly Laverne Copeland, Kimberly L. Copeland & Associates, LLC, Jesup, for appellee.

HUNSTEIN, Chief Justice.

Daniel Sosa filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus contending that his attorney was ineffective for failing to advise him that his guilty plea would subject him to removal or deportation. The State moved to dismiss the petition as untimely. The habeas court denied the motion and granted habeas relief on the ground that Sosa received ineffective assistance of counsel at his plea hearing in 2002. Because Sosa's habeas petition was untimely...

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