United States Supreme Court

Padilla v. Kentucky, which held that the Sixth Amendment requires defense attorneys to inform non-citizen clients of the deportation risks of guilty pleas, does not apply retroactively to cases already final on direct review, because Padilla announced a new rule regarding whether Strickland applied to advice on deportation in the first instance, which was an unsettled question.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/20/2013
• Published 02/20/2013

Judges

• KAGAN

Court

• United States Supreme Court

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