The United States Supreme Court will decide whether its ruling in
Padilla v. Kentucky, that immigrant defendants are entitled to effective
counsel in criminal cases applies retroactively to criminal cases
decided before the 2009 Padilla ruling. This is significant for
immigrants who have criminal convictions before 2009 and whose defense
counsel did not advise them of the important immigration consequences of
a guilty plea. The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ruled last
year in Commonwealth v. Clarke that Padilla applied retroactively in
Massachusetts and that criminal defendants who were not adequately
advised of the immigration consequences of their plea may be entitled to
a new trial. However, the Supreme Court may now have the final say on
the matter. See Chaidez v. United States, No. 11-820.
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