NEWS ALERT: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Criminal Pleas of Non-Citizens Vacated, If Counsel Failed to P
News alert: SCOTUS, in Lee vs. U.S., 582 U.S. ____ (2017), ruled that a noncitizen can vacate their criminal plea, if their defense attorney advised the client to accept the plea in lieu of trial, but failed to also properly advise on the immigration consequences of taking such a plea. On June 27, 2017, the Supreme Court of the United States decided that noncitizens can vacate their criminal pleas if they can show (1) their defense attorney provided ineffective assistance of