Immigration and Criminal Law: Effective Assistance of Counsel
GDB Firm Blog
JUNE 18, 2018
?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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