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United States effective assistancedeportation

Padilla v Kentucky

559 U.S. 356 (2010)
JurisdictionUnited States
CourtSupreme Court of the United States
Year2010
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Sixth Amendment; defense counsel must advise non-citizen clients of deportation consequences of guilty plea

Area of Law

immigration

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