STATE v. ADDAQUAY

S17A1046.

807 S.E.2d 413 (2017)

The STATE v. ADDAQUAY.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: October 30, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Clint Christopher Malcolm , Assistant Attorney General, DEPARTMENT OF LAW, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, for Appellant.

Russell C. Gabriel , UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA SCHOOL OF LAW, 100 Herty Drive, Athens, Georgia 30605, Jason A. Cade , UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA SCHOOL OF LAW, 308 Rusk Hall, Athens, Georgia 30602, Suparna Malempati Joshi , ATLANTA'S JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL, 1422 West Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, for Neutral Amicus.

Jesse Nicholas Bacon , LAW OFFICE OF ANDRE JOHNSON, LLC, 315 West Ponce de Leon Avenue, Suite 302, Decatur, Georgia 30030, for Appellee.


The State appeals from the habeas court's order granting relief to appellee Thomas Addaquay on the ground that his plea counsel was constitutionally ineffective in incorrectly advising him of the immigration consequences of his plea of guilty. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.

1. In 2012, Addaquay pled guilty...

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