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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 .
Chaidez v. United States, 568 U.S. 342 (2013), was a United States Supreme Court case that determined that the ruling in Padilla v. Commonwealth of Kentucky could not be applied retroactively, because the Padilla case applied a new rule to the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. [1]
Did not participate in the decision: Decisions that do not note an argument date were decided without oral argument. Decisions that do not note a Justice delivering the Court's opinion are per curiam. Multiple concurrences and dissents within a case are numbered, with joining votes numbered accordingly.
The commission, created by the General Assembly, oversees the distribution of the Commonwealth's share of $842 million in opioid settlements reached in 2022 with opioid companies for their role ...
In a resignation letter sent late Tuesday night, Bryan Hubbard, outgoing executive director of the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission, said since “new leadership has been requested ...
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Padilla (surname) Padilla v. Kentucky, a United States Supreme Court case pertaining to the immigration consequences faced by lawful permanent residents who are convicted of crimes, and their rights to be warned of those consequences