Legal Opinion
In Re Resendiz
California Supreme Court
Decided April 2, 2001No. S078879PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WERDEGAR, J.
The question presented is whether petitioner, in deciding to plead guilty to certain offenses for which he now faces deportation, received ineffective assistance of counsel in violation of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution or article I, section 15 of the California Constitution. The Court of Appeal answered in the affirmative. The Attorney General urges that we adopt a categorical rule barring ineffective assistance claims based on advice concerning the immigration consequences of a guilty plea. As explained below, we conclude that affirmative misadvice…
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