representation was constitutionally defective in that it fell below an objective standard of reasonableness, the United States Supreme Court remanded the matter for a determination of whether Padilla had been prejudiced by counsel’s failure to advise him of the possible deportation consequences of his guilty plea. Padilla, 130 S.Ct. at 1487. With regard to Pennsylvania precedent, the United States Supreme Court’s holding in Padilla abrogated Commonwealth v. Frometa, 520 Pa. 552, 555 A.2d 92 (1989), in which the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that counsel, in providing adequate assistance to a criminal defendant contemplating a guilty plea, is not required to advise a defendant of the collateral consequences of pleading guilty, including the immigration consequences which ma .2002) (<HOLDING>). Because Padilla effectively overruled the
holding the sixth amendment guarantees the effective assistance of counsel at all stages of a criminal proceeding including during the plea process holding that if plea bargain has been offered defendant has right to effective assistance of counsel in considering whether to accept it holding that right to effective assistance of counsel requires that defendant be advised of immigration consequences of plea holding a criminal defendant has the right to effective assistance of counsel during a plea process recognizing that a criminal defendants right to counsel is the right to the effective assistance of counsel