Safe Havens
Chapter 5. Looking for a Safe Haven
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Fourth Circuit
AGGRAVATED FELONY " STATUTORY RAPE
United States v. Rangel-Cataneda, __ F.3d __, No. 12-4408 (4th Cir. Mar. 7, 2013) (Tennessee aggravated statutory rape conviction under Tenn. Code Ann. 39-13-506(c) is not categorically a crime of violence for illegal re-entry purposes, because Tennessee sets the age of consent at eighteen).
Eleventh Circuit
AGGRAVATED FELONY " THEFT OFFENSE " GENERIC DEFINITION
Ramos v. U.S. Attorney General, 709 F.3d 1066 (11th Cir. Feb. 19, 2013) (an aggravated felony theft offense, under INA 101(a)(43)(G), 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43)(G), is defined as: the taking of property ... with the criminal intent to deprive the owner of rights and benefits of ownership, even if such deprivation is less than total or permanent.); quoting Gonzales v. Duenas"Alvarez, 549 U.S. 183, 189, 127 S.Ct. 815, 819"20, 166 L.Ed.2d 683 (2007).