Aggravated Felonies

Chapter

§4.1 I. Basic Analysis of Whether a Conviction Constitutes an Aggravated Felony
§4.2 II. Categorical Analysis
§4.3 A. Essential Elements of the Offense
§4.4 1. Statutory Elements
§4.5 2. Elements As Defined by Judicial Decisions
§4.6 3. Resisting Exceptions to Categorical Analysis
§4.7 B. Minimum Conduct Necessary to Violate the Statute
§4.8 III. Divisible Statutes
§4.9 A. Divisibility Analysis - When Does It Apply?
§4.10 1. Discrete Subsections
§4.11 2. Disjunctive Statutes
§4.12 3. Target Offenses
§4.13 B. Divisibility Analysis - When It Does Not Apply
§4.14 IV. Record of Conviction
§4.15 A. Existence vs. Nature of Conviction
§4.16 B. Limitation to Record of Conviction
§4.17 C. Elements vs. Facts
§4.18 1. Rationale for Ignoring the Facts
§4.19 2. Application
§4.20 3. Foreign Offenses
§4.21 D. Documents Included
§4.22 1. Charging Papers
§4.23 2. Factual Basis and Admissions
§4.24 3. Judgment
§4.25 4. Jury Verdict
§4.26 5. Plea and Plea Agreement
§4.27 6. Other Documents Included
§4.28 E. Documents Excluded
§4.29 1. Dismissed Counts
§4.30 2. Police Reports
§4.31 3. Probation and Presentence Reports
§4.32 4. Other Documents Excluded
§4.33 V. General Considerations
§4.34 A. Definition Under Federal or Common Law
§4.35 1. Definition Under Federal Statutes
§4.36 2. General or Common Law Definitions
§4.37 B. "Related to" Language
§4.38 C. Parentheticals
§4.39 D. Effects of State Law
§4.40 E. Immigration vs. Sentencing Contexts
§4.41 F. All Reasonable Doubts Favor the Noncitizen

§ 4.19 2. Application

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The key purpose of categorical analysis is always to determine the elements to which the noncitizen entered his or her plea under a divisible statute analysis.[198]

[198] See United States v. Calderon-Pena, 339 F.3d 320, 239 (5th Cir. 2003) (en banc) (looking to the record of conviction “for the limited purpose of determine which of a series of disjunctive elements a defendant’s conviction satisfies.”).