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Padilla v. Kentucky, US Supreme Court, March 31, 2010 [ruling that the Sixth Amendment guarantee of effective assistance of counsel requires a criminal defense lawyer to advise a non-citizen client that pleading guilty to an aggravated felony will trigger mandatory, automatic deportation].
Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on the right to counsel.