In DUI-DWI cases, a person's failure to understand potential non-judicial consequences of a guilty or nolo contendere plea (the law calls these "collateral consequences") will generally NOT be grounds to set aside an ill advised plea.  However, the Georgia Supreme Court found that where the immigrant specifically ASKED her legal counsel about the consequences, and was misinformed, this amounted to a constitutional violation for "ineffectice assistance of counsel".  Hence, the ill-advised "no contect" plea to a very questionable "drug" charge was ordered "vacated" (removed from her criminal record).

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