Safe Havens

Chapter

§5.1 I. Introduction
§5.2 II. Investigation
§5.3 A. Interviewing the Client
§5.4 1. Special Considerations
§5.5 2. Non-English Speaking Clients
§5.6 B. Immigration Status
§5.7 1. Non-Deportable Nationality
§5.8 C. Client�s Equities
§5.9 D. Current Criminal Case
§5.10 E. Verifying the Immigration Situation
§5.11 1. Filing FOIA Requests
§5.12 2. Information on Amnesty Clients
§5.13 F. Verifying Exact Criminal History
§5.14 1. FBI Criminal History Report
§5.15 2. State Criminal History Records
§5.16 3. Department of Motor Vehicle Conviction Records
§5.17 G. Obtaining Records from the Rendering Court
§5.18 III. Chronology
§5.19 IV. Working with Cooperating Counsel
§5.20 A. Immigration Counsel's Role
§5.21 B. Criminal Defense Counsel's Role
§5.22 C. Post-Conviction Counsel's Role
§5.23 V. Government Burden of Proof of Deportability
§5.24 A. Clear, Convincing and Unequivocal Evidence
§5.25 B. Reasonable Doubts Favor the Noncitizen
§5.26 VI. General Safe Havens
§5.27 VII. Avoiding a Conviction
§5.28 VIII. Obtaining a Non-Deportable Conviction
§5.29 A. Examine the Range of Possibilities
§5.30 1. Charged Offenses
§5.31 2. Lesser-Included Offenses
§5.32 3. Reasonably-Related Offenses
§5.33 4. Unrelated Offenses
§5.34 5. Factual Basis for Plea
§5.35 B. Verify Conviction Does Not Trigger Deportation
§5.36 1. Procedure
§5.37 a. General Aggravated Felony Safe Havens
§5.38 b. Specific Aggravated Felony Categories
§5.39 c. General Moral Turpitude Safe Havens
§5.40 d. Judicial Decisions Identifying Safe Havens
§5.41 2. Other Conviction-Based Grounds of Deportation
§5.42 a. Screening Questions
§5.43 b. Examine Relevant Grounds
§5.44 IX. Obtaining A Non-Deportable Sentence
§5.45 A. Sentence Imposed
§5.46 B. Maximum Possible Sentence for Offense
§5.47 C. Level of Offense
§5.48 1. Felony
§5.49 2. Misdemeanor
§5.50 3. Infraction
§5.51 D. Restitution
§5.52 X. Verify Conduct Does Not Trigger Deportation
§5.53 XI. List Range of Possible Safe Havens
§5.54 A. Statute of Conviction
§5.55 B. Offense of Conviction
§5.56 C. Minimum Elements of Offense of Conviction
§5.57 D. Maximum Possible Sentence for Offense
§5.58 E. Actual Sentence to be Imposed
§5.59 1. Level of Offense
§5.60 2. Length of Sentence
§5.61 3. Restitution
§5.62 F. Other Sentence Characteristics
§5.63 1. Sentence Enhancements
§5.64 2. Effect as Prior Conviction in Future
§5.65 3. Other Sentence Elements

§ 5.37 a. General Aggravated Felony Safe Havens

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There are some aggravated felony safe havens which prevent a disposition from being considered an aggravated felony at all. These are called “general aggravated felony safe havens.” Their usefulness transcends safe havens that affect specific categories such as sexual abuse of a minor or crimes of violence. Chapter 7 seeks first to identify aggravated felony safe havens that are generally applicable to all or many aggravated felonies. See § § 7.2, et seq., infra. Chapter 7 next discusses aggravated felony sentences, which form an indispensable requirement for a large number of very common aggravated felony offenses. See § § 7.18, et seq., infra.