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Supreme Court Holds Padilla Not Retroactive

Loaded on Aug. 15, 2013 by Derek Gilna published in Prison Legal News August, 2013, page 16
Filed under: International, Immigration. Location: United States of America.
In Padilla v. Kentucky, 130 S.Ct. 1473 (2010) [PLN, Aug. 2010, p.11], the U.S. Supreme Court held that attorneys have an obligation to advise their non-citizen clients that they face the collateral consequence of deportation if they plead guilty to a felony.

Roselva Chaidez, a non-citizen permanent resident, pleaded guilty ...

 

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