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Inaccurate Advice About the Deportation Consequences of a Guilty Plea Constitutes Ineffective Assistance; Defendant Entitled to a Hearing on His Motion to Vacate His Conviction in this Pre-Padilla Case

The Second Department determined defendant was entitled to a hearing on his motion to vacate his conviction (by guilty plea) in this pre-Padilla case. Defendant alleged he was told deportation was not likely, or was a “possibility,” when, in fact, deportation was mandatory. That allegation, plus an assertion he would have negotiated a different plea which did not require deportation had he known the actual consequences of his plea, was sufficient to warrant a hearing:

In Padilla v Kentucky (559 US 356), the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution requires criminal defense counsel to advise their noncitizen clients about the risk of deportation arising from a guilty plea. However, that decision is not applied retroactively to state court postconviction proceedings … . Since the defendant’s judgment of conviction became final when his time to take an appeal expired—long before Padilla was decided in 2010—Padilla is not applicable here. Therefore, “counsel’s failure to warn a defendant that a guilty plea might lead to removal from the United States” …  does not, in this case, amount to ineffective assistance of counsel.

However, “inaccurate advice about a guilty plea’s immigration consequences constitute[s]” ineffective assistance of counsel … . People v Pinto, 2015 NY Slip Op 08441, 2nd Dept 11-18-15

 

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