Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Petit-Homme

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided August 7, 2019No. SJC-12636PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtKafker, J.

**775*65The defendant, Denver Petit-Homme, currently faces deportation based in part upon an admission to sufficient facts for a finding of guilty on two counts of assault by means of a dangerous weapon. During the plea colloquy conducted in connection with that admission, the judge warned the defendant about **776certain "practically inevitable" immigration consequences that would arise if the defendant did not have United States citizenship and "if ... the crime admitted to is one that presumptively mandates removal from the United States" (emphasis added), as required by Mass. R. Crim. P.…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Padilla v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  2. United States v. WhindletonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2015
  3. Commonwealth v. DeJesusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
  4. Commonwealth v. DeMarcoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
  5. Commonwealth v. FurrMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. COMMONWEALTH v. CLAUDIANO SANTANA.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 2022
  2. Commonwealth v. ChhiengMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2026
  3. Commonwealth v. Jean-LouisMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2023

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