U.S. v. Garcia, No. 08 cr 32 (E.D.N.Y.) (2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 63804) (August 19, 2008) (Judge Allyne R. Ross)
Loaded on Nov. 1, 2008
published in Punch and Jurists
November 24, 2008
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Ineffective Assistance of Counsel.
The failure to tell a defendant of his right under 8 U.S.C. § 1229c to depart the United States voluntarily at his own expense in lieu of being deported constitutes a fundamental error that requires dismissal of an illegal reentry indictment.
In an important immigration ruling, District Judge Allyne Ross ...
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