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· 1/30/2026

Bondoc v. Blake

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that counsel’s advice was constitutionally inadequate by erroneously telling his client that he faced no risk of deportation upon pleading guilty to simple assault
  • holding that plea counsel’s incorrect advice concerning a defendant’s risk of deportation constituted ineffective assistance of counsel
  • holding counsel’s representation of defendant was constitutionally deficient where counsel made no assurance that the specific charge to which defendant pleaded guilty was a deportable offense
  • determining counsel’s advice to be constitutionally inadequate when he informed his client that he faced no risk of deportation upon pleading guilty to simple assault
  • listing the three ineffectiveness prongs, including that a petitioner must prove any alleged ineffectiveness prejudiced him by establishing that “there is a reasonable probability the outcome of the proceedings would have been different”
  • “The reasonable probability test refers to a probability sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome.” (citation omitted)

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Judges: Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan

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