N.Y. Judge Vacates Deportation Plea Pursuant to Padilla v. Kentucky

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

In vacating his prior acceptance two and a half years ago of the plea of an criminal defendant/alien, a New York judge has ruled that a judge’s warning that a criminal defendant could be subject to deportation if he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor did not lessen the ineffectiveness of his lawyer under [...]