Woodland Hills, CA
Immigration Lawyer at Woodland Hills, CA
Practice Areas: Immigration, Criminal Defense, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
OUTCOME: Remanded to Board
Successfully argued that the a definition of a crime embodied in a federal statute is not the equivalent of a generically defined offence. The Circuit Court agreed and held that the Board's decision in ... In re Martinez-Recinos, 23 I. & N. Dec. 175 (BIA 2001) (holding that a violation of Cal. Pen. C. §911 is an aggravated felony) is not entitled to deference.
OUTCOME: Case Terminated, client not Removable
BIA case, unpublished, finding possession of child pornography to not fall within aggravated felony definition
OUTCOME: Conviction reversed, charges dropped.
Appellate counsel before the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals resulting in reversal of drug trafficking conviction due to prosecutorial misconduct in the trial court.
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