A New Jersey appeals panel says a clash in interpretations over a U.S. Supreme Court ruling means a noncitizen who wants to retract a guilty plea should turn to the federal courts.

At issue in State v. Barros, A-1288-10, is fallout from a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2010 that recognized an affirmative constitutional right for alien criminal defendants to be warned that a guilty plea can result in deportation.