People v. Angeles CA4/3

Filed 3/10/26 P. v. Angeles CA4/3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent, G064416

v. (Super. Ct. No. 14CF3203)

MARIA ANGELES, OPINION

Defendant and Appellant.

Appeal from a postjudgment order of the Superior Court of Orange County, Walter P. Schwarm, Judge. Affirmed. Steven S. Lubliner, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Charles C. Ragland, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Arlene A. Sevidal, Assistant Attorney General,

Christopher P. Beesley and Britton B. Lacy, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent. * * * Maria Angeles asked the trial court to vacate her convictions on the ground that at the time she pled guilty she did not understand the immigration consequences of her plea, and that lack of understanding prejudiced her. The trial court denied the motion to vacate. Having reviewed the appellate record de novo, we conclude the trial court did not err, and we affirm its order. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND In November 2014, Angeles pled guilty to one count of obtaining aid over $400 by misrepresentation (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 10980, subd. (c)(2)), and five counts of perjury by false application for aid (Pen. Code, § 118, subd. (a)). The maximum possible sentence had Angeles gone to trial and been convicted was eight years, eight months. Under the terms of the plea agreement, Angeles was placed on probation for three years and ordered to serve 180 days in jail. Angeles’s plea agreement included the following language, which Angeles initialed: “Immigration consequences: I understand if I am not a citizen of the United States, my conviction for the offense charged will have the consequence of deportation, exclusion from admission to the United States, or denial of naturalization pursuant to the laws of the United States.” (Boldface omitted.) At the time it accepted Angeles’s guilty plea, the trial court stated on the record: “If you are not a citizen, you will hereafter be deported, denied naturalization or excluded from the U.S.” In August 2015, Angeles filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleging ineffective assistance of counsel regarding immigration