Supremes Grant Cert in Padilla Retroactivity Case

The Supreme Court granted cert in another immigration case yesterday. In Chaidez v. United States, the Court will consider whether Padilla v. Kentucky, in which the Court held that criminal defendants receive ineffective assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment when their attorneys fail to advise them that pleading guilty to an offense will subject them to deportation, applies to individuals whose convictions became final before its announcement. Goldstein & Russell, P.C. serves as counsel to the petitioner in this case. For more details, see this crImmigration post.

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