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PEREZ v. STATE

No. 10-1315.

816 N.W.2d 354 (2012)

Sergio PEREZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 8, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael H. Said of Law Offices of Michael H. Said, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Linda J. Hines , Assistant Attorney General, Jennifer A. Miller , County Attorney, and James S. Scheetz , Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

MANSFIELD, Justice.

In Padilla v. Kentucky, the United States Supreme Court decided a criminal defendant has a Sixth Amendment right to receive advice from counsel regarding the risk of deportation before pleading guilty. ___ U.S. ___, ___, 130 S.Ct. 1473, 1486, 176 L.Ed.2d 284, 299 (2010). Sergio Perez argues he did not receive such advice from his attorney in 2000 before he pled guilty to a misdemeanor drug possession charge...

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