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POST CON - FEDERAL - GROUNDS - INVOLUNTARY PLEA WHERE DEFENDANT TOLD ONLY CONVICTION "COULD" RESULT IN DEPORTATION WHERE IT WAS VIRTUALLY CERTAIN TO DO SO

Zhang v. United States, ___ F.Supp.2d ___, 2005 WL 3086840 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 28404 (E.D. N.Y. Nov. 18, 2005) (vacating conviction through granting motion to vacate sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2255 on involuntary plea and ineffective counsel grounds for misadvice concerning immigration consequences where defendant was informed only that the conviction "could result in your deportation," where it was certain to do so).

jurisdiction: 
Lower Courts of Second Circuit

POST CON - GROUNDS - INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE - IMMIGRATION CONSEQUENCES

Rosa v. State of Texas, __ S.W.2d __ (Tex Crim. App. Aug. 25, 2005) (ineffective assistance of counsel for affirmatively misadvising noncitizen defendant of immigration consequences of conviction).

jurisdiction: 
Lower Courts of Fifth Circuit

POST CON RELIEF - GROUNDS - COURT OR PROSECUTION AFFIRMATIVE MISADVICE CONCERNING COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCE OF PLEA CAN CONSTITUTE GROUNDS TO VACATE CONVICTION

The Seventh Circuit has held that misinformation by the sentencing court regarding the mandatory parole provision in the plea bargain violated due process. See Ferris v. Finkbeiner, 551 F.2d 185 (7th Cir. 1977) (holding defendants due process rights were violated when in the course of making a plea agreement the court misinformed him that he would not have to serve mandatory five-year parole term).

jurisdiction: 
Seventh Circuit

POST CON RELIEF - GROUNDS - INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL - FAILURE TO ADVISE OF IMMIGRATION CONSEQUENCES - GENERAL RULE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL

State v. Aquino, ___ Conn. ___, 2005 Conn. App. LEXIS 226 (Conn. App. June 7, 2005) ("Our conclusion today is in agreement with the majority of jurisdictions, both federal and state, that have considered the issue of whether the failure to advise a client of the immigration consequences of a guilty plea constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel. See id., [United States v. Gonzalez, 202 F.3d 20, 24 (1st Cir. 2000)] 25; United States v. Banda, 1 F.3d 354, 356 (5th Cir. 1993); Varela v. Kaiser, 976 F.2d 1357, 1358 (10th Cir. 1992), cert. denied, 507 U.S. 1039, 113 S. Ct. 1869, 123 L. Ed.

jurisdiction: 
Lower Courts of Second Circuit

POST CON RELIEF - GROUNDS - INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL - FAILURE TO ADVISE OF ACTUAL IMMIGRATION CONSEQUENCES - CONNECTICUT

State v. Aquino, ___ Conn. ___, 2005 Conn. App. LEXIS 226 (Conn. App. June 7, 2005) (affirming denial of motion to withdraw the plea based on a claim that ineffective assistance of counsel meant the plea was not knowingly and voluntarily entered, since counsel's failure to advise that deportation consequence was mandatory, not merely possible, did not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel because counsel is not required to inform the defendant of collateral consequences, as opposed to direct consequences, of the plea).

jurisdiction: 
Lower Courts of Second Circuit

POST CON RELIEF - FEDERAL -- GROUNDS - INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL - AFFIRMATIVE MISADVICE - FAILURE TO ADVISE DEFENDANT WHEN IMMIGRATION CONSEQUENCES CHANGED PRIOR TO JUDGMENT

United States v. Kwan, ___ F.3d ___, 2005 WL 1119652 (9th Cir. May 12, 2005) (defense counsel rendered ineffective assistance of counsel, by correctly advising the defendant prior to entry of plea concerning immigration consequences of disposition of criminal case that deportation was not a serious possibility, but in failing to notify the defendant when, prior to sentence, the law changed and in fact it became a near certainty, where the defendant could have made a motion under F.R.Crim.P.

jurisdiction: 
Ninth Circuit

POST CON RELIEF - GROUNDS - INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE - FAILURE TO ADVISE

Rob A. Justman, The Effects Of AEDPA And IIRIRA On Ineffective Assistance Of Counsel Claims For Failure To Advise Alien Defendants Of Deportation Consequences Of Pleading Guilty To An "Aggravated Felony," 2004 Utah Law Review 701 (2004).

jurisdiction: 
Other

POST CON RELIEF - GROUNDS - INEFFECTIVE COUNSEL - IMMIGRATION CONSEQUENCES

Ostroff, Jamie. Comment. Are immigration consequences of a criminal conviction still collateral? How the California Supreme Court's decision in re Resendiz leaves this question unanswered. (In re Resendiz, 19 P.3d 1172, Cal. .2000.) 32 Sw. U. L. Rev. 359-382 (2003).

jurisdiction: 
Other

POST CON - NEW MEXICO CASE CITATION

State v. Paredez, ___ N.M. ___, 2004 N.M. LEXIS 495 (2004) (a criminal defendant's attorney has "an affirmative duty to determine [the client's] immigration status and provide him with specific advice regarding the impact a guilty plea would have on his immigration status.").

jurisdiction: 
Lower Courts of Tenth Circuit

POST CON RELIEF - GROUNDS - INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL - FAILURE TO FILE NOTICE OF APPEAL POST CON RELIEF - VEHICLES - DIRECT APPEAL - INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL FOR FAILURE TO FILE NOTICE OF APPEAL

United States v. Sandoval-Lopez, ___ F.3d ___ (9th Cir. June 6, 2005) (defense counsel rendered ineffective assistance in violation of the Sixth Amendment by failing to file a notice of appeal).
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/9th/0335594p.pdf

jurisdiction: 
Ninth Circuit

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