Criminal Defense of Immigrants



 
 

§ 10.1 (E)

 
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(E)  Immigration Effects of Sentence.  Finally, this chapter provides extensive information concerning the immigration consequences of sentence.  See § § 10.54-10.94, infra.  This discussion is broken into two parts.  First, the discussion outlines the effect of sentence on the immigration determination of the nature of the offense of conviction for purposes of determining its immigration consequences.  See § § 10.54-10.61, infra.  Then, this chapter gives detailed information on the immigration effects of the sentence itself, including the sentence ordered by the court, see § § 10.63-10.72, infra, the actual confinement of the noncitizen defendant, see § § 10.73-10.75, infra, and the maximum possible period of confinement for the conviction.  See § § 10.76-10.80, infra.  The discussion also includes the special topics of probation or parole, see § 10.81, infra, restitution orders, see § § 10.82-10.85, infra, the felony or misdmeanor level of the offense, see § § 10.86-10.93, infra, and the subject of immigration holds.  See § 10.94, infra, and Chapter 6, supra.

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Eleventh Circuit

SENTENCE IMPOSED " CUMULATIVE ORIGINAL SENTENCE PLUS PROBATION VIOLATION SENTENCE
Dixon v. U.S. Atty. Gen., 768 F.3d 1339 (11th Cir. Oct. 1, 2014) (Florida conviction for aggravated fleeing, Fla. Stat. 316.1935(4)(a), is categorically a crime of violence aggravated felony, under INA 101(a)(43)(F), 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43)(F), because the original sentence to incarceration, plus the additional sentence to incarceration imposed as a result of a probation violation, totalled one year or more).

Other

CRIMINAL DEFENSE - SENTENCE
M. Shein, Cultural Issues in Sentencing, in L. FRIEDMAN RAMIREZ, ED., CULTURAL ISSUES IN CRIMINAL DEFENSE 625 (2d ed. 2007).

 

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