Padilla v. New Mexico

Tarango Deforest Padilla was convicted of two counts of grand theft and was found to be a persistent violator. He appealed his conviction, and it was affirmed by the Idaho Court of Appeals in an unpublished opinion. He later filed a petition for post-conviction relief, contending that his attorney provided ineffective assistance in failing to file a motion to suppress. The district court dismissed that petition. Defendant again appealed. Finding that no such motion would have been successful, the Supreme Court affirmed the district court’s dismissal of Padilla’s petition for relief. View "Padilla v. New Mexico" on Justia Law