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Padilla v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, 559 U.S. 356 (2010), is a case in which the United States Supreme Court decided that criminal defense attorneys must advise noncitizen clients about the deportation risks of a guilty plea.
The 2009 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 5, 2009, and concluded October 3, 2010. The table illustrates which opinion was filed by each justice in each case and which justices joined each opinion.
Case name Citation Date decided Hemi Group, LLC v. City of New York: 559 U.S. 1: 2010: Briscoe v. Virginia: 559 U.S. 32: 2010: Wilkins v. Gaddy: 559 U.S. 34
Padilla v. Kentucky, 559 U.S. 356 (2010) Criminal defense attorneys are duty-bound to inform clients of the risk of deportation under three circumstances. First, where the law is unambiguous, attorneys must advise their criminal clients that deportation "will" result from a conviction.
The 2009 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 5, 2009, and concluded October 3, 2010. This was the thirty-fifth and final term of Associate Justice John Paul Stevens 's tenure on the Court; Stevens retired on June 29, 2010.
Amendment 1 asks voters to consider revising the state constitution to ban noncitizens from voting in Kentucky elections. The ballot measure is part of a national trend, with voters in eight ...
Three out of every four years in Kentucky are election years, but a bill advancing in the Senate seeks to change that. Senate Bill 10, filed by Sen. Chris McDaniel, R-Ryland Heights, on the first ...
The 2009 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 5, 2009, and concluded October 3, 2010. This was the twenty-fourth term of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia 's tenure on the Court.