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Padilla v. Commonwealth of Kentucky 559 U.S. 356 (2010) is a case in which the United States Supreme Court decided that criminal defense attorneys must advise non-citizen clients about the deportation risks of a guilty plea. The case extended the Supreme Court’s prior decisions on criminal defendants’ Sixth Amendment right to counsel to immigration consequences.The duties of Counsel recognized in Padilla are broad.