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- Title
ACTUALLY, PADILLA DOES APPLY TO UNDOCUMENTED DEFENDANTS.
- Authors
Horwitz, Daniel A.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the case Padilla v. Kentucky with the legal and practical reality that a guilty plea frequently increases the risk of deportation for the undocumented immigrants. It mentions that it does not protect undocumented defendants undermines the underlying purpose of the right to effective assistance of counsel. It also mentions that decision for the U.S. Supreme Court in the case Strickland v. Washington.
- Subjects
UNITED States; PADILLA v. Kentucky; GUILTY pleas; DEPORTATION; UNDOCUMENTED immigrants; RIGHT to counsel; STRICKLAND v. Washington (Supreme Court case); ACTIONS &; defenses (Law)
- Publication
Harvard Latino Law Review, 2016, Vol 19, p1
- ISSN
1542-460X
- Publication type
Article