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· 2/4/2011

Neufville v. State

Citations

  • 13 A.3d 607
  • 2011 R.I. LEXIS 13
  • 2011 WL 339201

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding that a court should only reach the second prong of the Strickland test when it has determined that the attorney's representation was deficient
  • concluding that a court should only reach the second prong of the Strickland test when it has determined that the attorney’s representation was deficient
  • commenting on the effect of a shorter sentence on the prejudice prong in a ease where an evidentiary hearing was held and findings of fact were made
  • commenting on the effect of a shorter sentence on the prejudice prong in a case where an evidentiary hearing was held and findings of fact were made
  • “Counsel is not required to inform their clients that they will be deported, but rather that a defendant’s ‘plea would make [the defendant] eligible for deportation.’” (quoting Padilla, 559 U.S. at 368)
  • “Counsel is not required to inform their clients that they will be deported, but rather that a defendant’s ‘plea would make [the defendant] eligible for deportation.’” (quoting Padilla, 559 U.S. at 368)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Suttell, Goldberg, Flaherty, Robinson, Indeglia

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