State v. Mendez’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “despite the benefit of a great reduction in the length of the potential prison sentence, a rational non-citizen defendant might have rejected a plea bargain and risked trial for the chance at avoiding deportation.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Andres Romero-Georgana · 364 Wis. 2d 63 - State v. Hatem M. Shata

2. “Mendez has lived in the United States since he was fourteen years old, longer than he ever lived in Mexico, and is married to a United States citizen here with whom he has a young child — also a United States citizen. He also asserted at the hearing that he fears retribution by his codefendant's family should he be deported to Mexico. Under Padilla , a court's analysis of prejudice must take those factors into account in measuring whether, properly informed of the automatic, irreversible, and permanent deportation consequences of his plea, Mendez might rationally have rejected the plea bargain in favor of trial despite the risk of four and one-half years of initial confinement.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 364 Wis. 2d 63 - State v. Hatem M. Shata

3. “attorney failed to inform him that conviction of this charge would subject him to automatic deportation from the United States with no applicable exception and no possibility of 14 The court of appeals' opinion did not state whether Mendez moved to withdraw his guilty plea before or after being sentenced. 28 No. 2013AP1437-CR discretionary waiver.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 364 Wis. 2d 63 - State v. Hatem M. Shata