RUIZ v. STATE

No. 16-1619.

912 N.W.2d 435 (2018)

Guillermo Hernandez RUIZ, Appellee, v. STATE of Iowa, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed May 25, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Thomas J. Ogden , Assistant Attorney General, John P. Sarcone , County Attorney, and Kevin Hathaway , Assistant County Attorney, for appellant.

Margaret A. Hanson and Nichole Miras Mordini of Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee.


This case presents the question whether bad advice from an immigration attorney to a client to try to get a driver's license, which triggered a criminal investigation and ultimately a conviction of the client for a previously committed fraudulent practice, can be grounds under the Sixth Amendment or article I, section 10 for...

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