Criminal
Dec. 30, 1999
MALPRACTICE
LOS ANGELES - An assistant public defender failed to inform her client of the consequences of pleading no contest to armed robbery, including the fact that the plea bargain she reached with prosecutors on his behalf subjected him to deportation proceedings, according to a legal malpractice suit filed by the client.
By Denise Levin
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - An assistant public defender failed to inform her client of the consequences of pleading no contest to armed robbery, including the fact that the plea bargain she reached with prosecutors on his behalf subjected him t...
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