· 4/18/1991
People v. Huante
Citations
- 571 N.E.2d 736
- 143 Ill. 2d 61
- 156 Ill. Dec. 756
- 1991 Ill. LEXIS 25
How courts have described this case
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- recognizing that an attorney’s failure to inform a defendant of the collateral deportation consequences of the guilty plea does not mitigate the voluntariness of that plea and thus does not render the attorney’s representation ineffective
- no prejudice established where threat of deportation existed whether conviction rested upon guilty plea or jury verdict
- Strickland standard applicable to guilty pleas and postconviction challenges alleging ineffective assistance of counsel
- neither the trial court nor defense counsel was required to advise the defendant of so-called collateral consequences of a guilty plea; deportation was found to be a collateral consequence
- neither the trial court nor defense counsel was required to advise the defendant of so-called collateral consequences of a guilty plea; deportation was found to be a collateral consequence
- ineffective assistance only if counsel' actively misrepresented deportation consequences
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Judges: Miller, Bilandic
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