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Sunday, April 18, 2010

NEWS & EVENTS


This is news on an immigration related case recently from the US Supreme Court
 
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Padilla v. Kentucky, No. 08-651
 
In post-conviction proceedings arising from a drug distribution prosecution, after which petitioner faced deportation based on his guilty plea and claimed that his counsel failed to advise him of the consequences of the plea, denial of post-conviction relief is reversed and remanded where, because counsel must inform a client whether his plea carries a risk of deportation, petitioner sufficiently alleged that his counsel was deficient.