“Bozso has not presented any contemporaneous evidence that avoiding deportation motivated his decisionmaking process at or around the time he entered his guilty pleas.”

Justice French, Majority Opinion

“Because there is a reasonable probability that Bozso would not have pleaded guilty but for the erroneous advice he received regarding the possibility of relief from deportation

“Bozso has not presented any contemporaneous evidence that avoiding deportation motivated his decisionmaking process at or around the time he entered his guilty pleas.”

Justice French, Majority Opinion

“Because there is a reasonable probability that Bozso would not have pleaded guilty but for the erroneous advice he received regarding the possibility of relief from deportation

Update: On July 23, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

“Why isn’t it enough to say I would not have pled guilty if I knew I was going to be deported?”

Justice Stewart to the Assistant Prosecutor

“Is there anything that you have