Jose Angel Hernandez v. State of Indiana

── Jose Angel Hernandez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 18A-PC-01357 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 20, 2019 Author: Judge Robert Altice County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Tavitas concur Case Summary Jose Angel Hernandez, a citizen of Mexico, entered the United States with his parents in 2002, when he was sixteen years old. In August 2014, he pled guilty to possession of cocaine and synthetic identity deception, both Class D felonies. Hernandez filed a petition for post-conviction relief, in which he argued that (1) his guilty plea counsel failed to properly advise him of the immigration consequences associated with his guilty plea, and (2) the trial court should have provided...