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Criminal lawyer can’t downplay deportation risk (access required)

By: Pat Murphy
Published: March 23, 2011

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A criminal defendant was denied his constitutional right to counsel when his lawyer mistakenly told him that he would have the opportunity to mitigate the deportation consequences of his guilty plea, the Washington Supreme Court has ruled in vacating a conviction. The defendant is a noncitizen permanent resident of the U.S. He was convicted of rape ...
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