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Thursday, April 01, 2010
Courts - More on "Lawyers Must Advise Clients on Deportation, Supreme Court Rules"
Prof. Douglas A. Berman of Sentencing Law and Policy has an interesting entry today on yesterday's SCOTUS ruling in Padilla. He writes that Alito's concurrence may be used the argue that:
Padilla is not merely a special rule for the special problem of deportation, but rather impacts how we view counsel's advice (or lack of advice) concerning any and all "serious" consequences that can follow a conviction.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on April 1, 2010 10:45 AM
Posted to Courts in general