Commonwealth v. DeJesus (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-027-15)
Best evidence rule does not require original currency when identity, not contents, is at issue in drug distribution prosecution.
Best evidence rule does not require original currency when identity, not contents, is at issue in drug distribution prosecution.
Defense counsel's advice that a noncitizen client faced "eligibility for deportation" was constitutionally deficient when the conviction would make deportation presumptively mandatory.