Does failing to advise a client of the consequences of an illegal immigration conviction constitute ineffective assistance of counsel?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Shaibu, 957 F.2d 662 (9th Cir. 1991):
6 But cf. Santos v. Kolb, 880 F.2d 941, 944 (7th Cir.1989) (failure to advise client of immigration consequences of conviction was not ineffective assistance of counsel), cert. denied, 493 U.S. 1059, 110 S.Ct. 873, 107 L.Ed.2d 956 (1990).
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