within 15 miles of Sacramento practice in Immigration California

... Ralph S. Greer as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent. Immigrant Crime and Justice and Karl W. Krooth for National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent. ...

... Defendant argued that his counsel failed to apprise him of, and to defend against, the adverse immigration consequences of his conviction. Possession for sale of a controlled substance is a drug trafficking offense under federal ...

... Avelino Ceja Villa, a lawful resident alien, pleaded guilty to a felony in this state in 1989 and served a three-year period of probation. Now, many years later, he is facing removal from this country by federal immigration authorities, allegedly because of his 1989 conviction. ...