Commonwealth v. Cano

The defendant appeals from orders of the District Court, denying his motions for new trial which sought to vacate guilty pleas 1 entered on various charges. The defendant contends that his motions raised substantial issues, warranting evidentiary hearings. Specifically, he claims that his plea counsel failed to advise him of the immigration consequences of his pleas, and that counsel’s constitutionally deficient performance in that respect caused him prejudice. See Padilla v. Kentucky, 559 U.S. 356 (2010). Separately, he asserts that he lacked the mental competency required to enter each of…