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"Post Padilla: Padilla?s Puzzles for Review in State and Federal Courts"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the title of this helpful new paper by Nancy King and Gray Proctor, which is now available via SSRN. Here is the abstract: This article addresses questions that may face courts as defendants seek relief under the Court?s decision in Padilla v. Kentucky, which held that counsel?s failure to adequately inform the defendant of the deportation consequences of conviction constituted deficient performance under the Sixth Amendment.  Issues addressed include: express waivers of review in plea agreements; what constitutes deficient advice and prejudice sufficient for a finding of ineffective assistance; the retroactive application of Padilla to cases on post-conviction review; federal habeas review of state court decisions rejecting Padilla-type claims; procedural default, successive petition, and time bars to federal habeas review of Padilla claims; and other collateral relief...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 09, 2010 (boomark / email).