Maria Andrade's Law Office is sponsoring a seminar entitled: "Defending the Noncitizen: New Duties for Criminal Defense Attorneys in Light of Padilla v. Kentucky." Maria promises to discuss the impact of Padilla on criminal defense practice and teach immigration law basics.
Friday, June 4, 2009, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Red Lion Downtowner, Boise Idaho.
I'll pass on more information as it becomes available.
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While the rest of the country debates the new law in Arizona allowing the demand for papers from anyone ‘suspected’ of being an illegal immigrant (don’t get too dark of a tan), a jury in a small county in Idaho stood up for the right of every person (immigrant or not) to receive a fair trial in the U.S.
ReplyDeleteNo officer of the court (judge, prosecutor, or the defense attorney himself) stood up and did their legal and ethical duty to stop a trial where the P.D. was obviously incapacitated. The jury did- refusing to convict based on the inadequate counsel of the defense. Apparently jurors had corrected mistatements by the defense attorney aloud in court and the prosecutor noted that the defense attorney “was not fully aware of what was going on”.
This was a case of an illegal immigrant charged with raping his 12 yr. old daughter. One has to assume that the negligence was pretty obvious for a jury to refuse to convict. So… bravo to the jurors!! Thank you for voting your concious and standing up for us all.
Please see Long Valley Advocate- Cascade, Idaho. JD should be able to get it!