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Lindsay Lohan Jailed for DUI Probation Violations

On behalf of Law Offices of Bill O'Connell on Wed., 07/21/10 posted in DUI Defense

Lindsay Lohan was booked into a Lynwood, California, jail on Tuesday to begin serving a 90-day sentence for violating the terms of her DUI probation. Los Angeles County Sheriff's officials said that because the actress is a nonviolent offender, she will be released early to ease overcrowding in California's prisons. The officials said Lohan will serve 13 days of the 90-day sentence.

Two weeks ago, Superior Court Judge Marsha Revel sentenced Lohan to 90 days in jail, to be followed by 90 days in rehab, for failing to complete her court-mandated weekly alcohol-education classes. Lohan was on probation after pleading guilty to misdemeanor drug charges and no contest to three driving charges after a 2007 DUI arrest.

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Supreme Court Rules Legal Immigrant Gets New Trial for Drug Possession

On behalf of Law Offices of Bill O'Connell on Thu., 04/01/10 posted in Drug Possession

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week that a legal immigrant who faced deportation after pleading guilty to drug possession charges should get a new trial. The man, a Vietnam veteran originally from Honduras but now living in Kentucky, pleaded guilty to transporting marijuana based on his defense lawyer's faulty advice. The lawyer told him that the guilty plea would not affect his immigration status since he had been a legal immigrant for 40 years. The lawyer was incorrect, and soon after the plea was made, the man was informed by federal immigration agents that he was subject to automatic deportation.

The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that the man should not be automatically deported because his lawyer's bad advice violated the man's right to a competent attorney. The justices said their ruling meant that criminal defense attorneys now must inform their clients whether their plea could cause them to be deported.

This case was one of two involving the deportation of legal immigrants for committing nonviolent crimes recently brought before the Supreme Court. A strict federal law requires deportation of immigrants convicted of aggravated felonies. It was created in order to remove immigrants who commit violent crimes. Sometimes it also results in the deportation of legal immigrants who plead guilty to lesser crimes.

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