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COMMONWEALTH v. SYLVAIN

No. SJC-11896.

473 Mass. 832 (2016)

COMMONWEALTH, vs. KEMPESS SYLVAIN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

March 14, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cailin M. Campbell , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Laura Mannion Banwarth ( Wendy S. Wayne , Committee for Public Counsel Services, with her) for the defendant.

Present: Gants, C.J., Spina, Cordy, Botsford, Duffly, Lenk, & Hines, JJ.

Relying on advice from his attorney that a plea agreement would not result in his deportation, the defendant, who is not a citizen of the United States, pleaded guilty to one count of possession of cocaine.1 The attorney's advice was incorrect, and Federal authorities eventually placed the defendant in a removal...

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