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· 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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