Garcia-Lopez v. Ashcroft, 334 F.3d 840 (9th Cir. June 26, 2003)(California court order reducing a conviction of violating Penal Code § 487.2, grand theft from the person, from a felony with a three-year maximum to a misdemeanor with a maximum no greater than one year, was binding upon the immigration courts for purposes of qualifying the offense under the petty offense exception to inadmissibility for a crime of moral turpitude, 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(2)(A)(ii)(II), so the noncitizen was eligible for suspension of deportation).

jurisdiction: 
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