Supreme Court hears arguments in Sixth, Fourth Amendment cases

[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website] heard oral arguments [day call, PDF] in two cases Thursday. In Chaidez v. United States [transcript, PDF; JURIST report] the court heard arguments to determine if Padilla v. Kentucky [JURIST report] applies retroactively to persons whose convictions became final before its announcement. Padilla held that the Sixth Amendment [text] guarantee of effective assistance of counsel requires a criminal defense lawyer to advise a non-citizen client that pleading guilty to an aggravated felony will...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2012/11/supreme-court-hears-arguments-in-sixth-fourth-amendment-cases.php

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