STATE v. TELFORD

No. A-0286-10T2.

22 A.3d 43 (2011)

420 N.J. Super. 465

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Arthur TELFORD, Defendant-Appellant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided June 15, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yvonne Smith Segars , Public Defender, attorney for appellant ( Alison Perrone , Designated Counsel, on the brief).

Paula T. Dow , Attorney General, attorney for respondent ( Frank J. Ducoat , Deputy Attorney General, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges CUFF, FISHER and FASCIALE.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

FISHER, J.A.D.

In this appeal, we consider whether defendant was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel because—prior to defendant's entry of a guilty plea to third-degree child endangerment in 2004—his attorney only advised that he "might" rather than "would" be deported. Because we agree with the trial judge's determination that the deportation consequences at the time defendant entered his...

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