The Georgia Supreme Court took a strong stance in defense of the Sixth Amendment’s right to effective assistance of counsel recently when it held that advising a migrant defendant facing an aggravated felony conviction that he “could” be deported violated the U.S. Constitution. Encarnacion v. State, No. S14A0690, slip op. (Ga. September 22, 2014). Chief Justice Thompson wrote the court’s decision. This case involved a migrant convicted by way of a guilty plea to burglary. The parties and the court agree that this is a burglary offense as defined for immigration law purposes, INA § [...]