Posted on January 3, 2011 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The court held that the petitioner’s open guilty plea to misdemeanor convictions under NY Penal Law § 221.40 did not establish that he was convicted of drug trafficking crimes that qualified as an aggravated felonies. (Thomas v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 10/26/10)
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Posted on December 13, 2010 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The court held that INA §237(a)(2)(B)(i) which exempts from removal those convicted of a single offense involving possession of 30 grams or less of marijuana for one’s own use does not apply to persons with more than one drug conviction. (Rodriguez v. Holder, 8/23/10)
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