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Sasonov v. U.S., No. Civ. No, 07-2771 (JAG) (D.N.J.) (575 F.Supp.2d 626) (September 9, 2008) (Judge Joseph A. Jr. Greenaway)

Loaded on Nov. 1, 2008 published in Punch and Jurists November 24, 2008
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Failure to Inform.

Here the Court held that a trial counsel’s affirmative misrepresentations regarding the immigration consequences of the petitioner’s guilty plea constituted ineffective assistance of counsel and entitled him to vacate his guilty plea.

This is an important immigration decision in which District Judge Greenaway addressed an interesting issue of first impression ...

 

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