Man central to Supreme Court case wins trial - WDRB 41 Louisville - News, Weather, Sports Community

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- A convicted drug trafficker who won a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling has had his guilty plea overturned after the Kentucky Court of Appeals concluded his attorney gave bad advice.

The appeals court on Friday ordered a new trial for Jose Padilla, a native of Honduras and permanent legal resident of the United States. Judge Kelly Thompson wrote for a three-judge panel that Padilla's attorney improperly told him that deportation wouldn't be a concern when he pleaded guilty to transporting 1,000 pounds of marijuana.

The attorney's advice became central to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in 2010, in which it concluded that the attorney's advice was unconstitutionally bad in a case that has made an impact on plea agreements and immigration cases around the country.