People v. Argueta
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Schmidt, J.P.
The sole issue presented on this appeal is whether the defendant was denied the effective assistance of counsel when he was advised that deportation was a possible consequence of his plea of guilty, under circumstances where it was virtually certain that he would be deported following his conviction. The facts are undisputed.
The defendant, Mauricio Argueta, is a native of El Salvador who lawfully entered the United States as a permanent resident alien in 1987. On September 9, 2002, the defendant was charged with three counts of criminal sale of a controlled…
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