Criminal
Jul. 23, 2021
Ruling: Criminal defense attorneys must provide detailed, up-to-date immigration advice to clients
A recent appellate ruling may come as a surprise to the defense bar, which might have assumed that general, even categorical, warnings to clients taking plea deals that their convictions “will have the consequence of deportation” would satisfy the requirement to provide competent immigration advice.
The 4th District Court of Appeal's recent opinion in People v. Lopez, 2021 DJDAR 7170 (July 14, 2021), may come as a surprise to the defense bar, which might have assumed that general, even categorical, warnings to clients taking plea deals that their convictions "will have the consequence of deportation" would satisfy the requirement to provide...
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