People v. Kuar

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (J. Doyle, J.), rendered May 28, 2008, convicting him of attempted assault in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that his trial counsel failed to inform him of the potential immigration consequences of his plea. Pursuant to Padilla v Kentucky (559 US —, 130 S Ct 1473), the failure of defense counsel to advise a defendant of the deportation consequences of a plea of guilty constitutes a violation of the defendant’s Sixth…