Criminal
Apr. 6, 2010
You Just Won A One-Way Ticket to...?
When a non-citizen client has pending criminal charges, and the deportation consequences of that plea are clear, he must be advised of them.
Louis J. Shapiro
Email: LouisJShapiro@Gmail.com
Louis, a former Los Angeles County Public Defender, is a criminal defense attorney and State Bar-certified criminal law specialist out of Century City. He is also a legal analyst, board member of the California Innocence Project and Project For The Innocence at Loyola Law School, CACJ and LACBA'S Criminal Justice Executive Committee.
Imagine winning a contest where the vacation is fully compensated and the only condition of acceptance is that you don't get to know where you're going. Any takers? Think that something just doesn't sit right with this scenario?
The U.S. Supreme Court answered that question last week, in Padilla v. Kentucky, by ruling that when a non-citizen client has pending criminal charges, and the deportation consequences of that plea are truly clear, he has a right to be advised of ...
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