US v. Moreno-Tapia

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JUAN ANTONIO MORENO-TAPIA
US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Harris, Jan. 26, 2017,
Immigration – State crime of violence conviction resulting in deportation could provide basis for wrongful re-entry conviction and enhanced sentence, even where state conviction was subsequently vacated on non-constitutional grounds.

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Prado v. State

JUAN CARLOS SANMARTIN PRADO v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Court of Special Appeals, Wright, Oct. 2, 2015,
Ineffective Assistance – Deportation – Suggesting to client that a deportable criminal act “could” result in deportation was constitutionally ineffective because it suggested that deportation wasn’t inevitable

(Criticism below)
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