Legal Opinion
Sergio Perez v. State of Iowa
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided June 8, 2012No. 10–1315PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANSFIELD, Justice.
In Padilla v. Kentucky, the United States Supreme Court decided a criminal defendant has a Sixth Amendment right to receive advice from counsel regarding the risk of deportation before pleading guilty. — U.S.-,-, 130 S.Ct. 1473, 1486, 176 L.Ed.2d 284, 299 (2010). Sergio Perez argues he did not receive such advice from his attorney in 2000 before he pled guilty to a misdemeanor drug possession charge. For this reason, Perez has filed an application for postconviction relief seeking to have that conviction set aside.
We conclude Perez is not entitled to relief because only two…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Padilla v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 2010
- MacKey v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Whorton v. BocktingSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
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