People v. Guzman

Defendant entered negotiated guilty plea to aggravated possession of stolen firearms. Trial court failed to admonish Defendant, under Section 113-8 of Code of Criminal Procedure, of legal immigration consequences of his plea. Defendant was denied effective assistance of counsel in failing to inform Defendant of potential effect of his conviction, as federal immigration law identifies that an alien convicted of possession of firearm in violation of any law is deportable, and thus consequences of plea and conviction are obvious: deportation is presumptively mandatory. (HOLDRIDGE, concurring; McDADE, dissenting.)