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Helping Defenders Effectively Represent Noncitizens

Lawyers must point out deals' deportation risks

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

WASHINGTON — Attorneys must tell their immigrant clients if pleading guilty to a crime carries a risk of deportation, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a decision bolstering the constitutional guarantee of effective assistance from a lawyer.

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