Padilla v. Kentucky (U.S. Sup. Ct. 2010) The U.S. Supreme Court took on the question as to whether a non-citizen defendant in a criminal case must be be advised by his lawyer beforehand that pleading guilty to certain criminal offenses would result in his being removed from the United States. The case arose because Jose […]
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Criminal Defendants Must Be Advised of Immigration Consequences of Plea Bargain.
April 15th, 2010 
Max Nuyen 
Posted in Deportation and Detention 
Tags: drug trafficking, immigration consequences of criminal conviction, ineffective assistance of counsel, Padilla v. Kentucky, removal 
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