A judge’s warning that a defendant could be subject to deportation if he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor did not alleviate the ineffectiveness of his counsel under a new standard expressed by the U.S. Supreme Court, the judge ruled in vacating his prior acceptance of the plea.
Brooklyn Acting Supreme Court Justice Joseph K. McKay observed that the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Padilla v. Kentucky, 130 S. Ct. 1473, had altered the legal landscape since he had accepted Jose Garcia’s plea 2 1/2 years ago.
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