Legal Opinion
Lorna Clarke v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 9, 2013No. 12-1728PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal from the denial of a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate the petitioner’s conviction involves the duty of a criminal defense lawyer to advise a client who is not an American citizen that her conviction may result in removal, and requires us to consider the conditions under which the breach of such a duty can be rectified in a postconviction proceeding.
A coworker in a Wal-Mart accounting office had persuaded the petitioner to join in a scheme to defraud their employer. The scheme netted the pair more than $250,000, of which the petitioner’s share was, she…
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