Does an attorney representing a client on a charge leading to mandatory deportation need to tell the client that their plea carries a risk of deportation?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Torres, B290260 (Cal. App. 2019):

An attorney representing a client on a charge leading to mandatory deportation "must inform [his or] her client whether his [or her] plea carries a risk of deportation." (Padilla v. Kentucky (2010) 559 U.S. 356 [130 S.Ct. 1473, 176 L.Ed.2d 284] (Padilla).)

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