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Immigration and Criminal Law: Effective Assistance of Counsel

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?In the Sixth Amendment, the United States Constitution guarantees the right to effective assistance of counsel to all criminal defendants. This right extends to citizens and non-citizen criminal defendants alike. New York, which has an established history of protecting non-citizens and ensuring they receive competent legal guidance before pleading guilty, continues this tradition in a recent Appellate Division, First Department decision, People v.

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