Supreme Court of New Jersey

State v. Nunez-Valdez

July 30, 2009975 A.2d 418

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey reversed the Appellate Division, holding that there was sufficient credible evidence that defendant's counsel misinformed him about mandatory deportation consequences and that the misinformation was material, thereby satisfying the Strickland test for ineffective assistance of counsel and vacating the guilty plea.