A mental state element in an offense; a non-deportable plea must be to an offense that does not contain a knowing or reckless component.
“There are a couple of ways that you can address this to hopefully avoid that deportation process being triggered. But quite frankly, the only way that you're going to avoid deportation is if you are able to have an attorney negotiate on your behalf to have you plead to a non deportable offense. In other words, a non-domestic violence offense, it also has to be an offense that does not contain a knowing or reckless component.”
Alexis explains: "There are a couple of ways that you can address this to hopefully avoid that deportation process being triggered. But quite frankly, the only way that you're going to avoid deportation is if you are able to have an attorney negotiate on your behalf to have you plead to a non deportable offense. In other words, a non-domestic violence offense, it also has to be an offense that does not contain a knowing or reckless component."
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Got into a DV case because of an ex I let back in the home and made my life very hard
he fought hard for me
they dismissed the whole case
their belief of my side and story and their knowledge in the legal system they were able to get my case dismissed
get my case dismissed