Supreme Court to issue opinion Monday on ineffective assistance of counsel in the context of pre-plea advisement

Monday morning, the Supreme Court will file its opinion in In re Tellez. (Briefs here; oral argument video here.) The court will decide whether a criminal defendant’s counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to advise that a guilty plea could lead to a lifetime civil commitment as a sexually violent predator after service of a prison sentence. More about the case here and here.