At issue in this case is whether a defendant's signature underneath the alien warning on the District Court's preprinted "Tender of Plea or Admission Waiver of Rights" form satisfies the statutory requirement that "the court" advise a defendant of the possible immigration consequences of a plea of guilty. G. L. c. 278, § 29D. Facing deportation back to his native Haiti more than one and one-half years after...
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