Criminal Defense of Immigrants



 
 

§ 10.1 (F)

 
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(F)  Topics Not Covered.  This chapter does not discuss, except very briefly, see § 10.31, infra, the important subject of federal sentencing for illegal re-entry after deportation or the details of other sentence procedures under the United States Sentencing Guidelines, which are the subject of a very extensive separate literature.  See, e.g., Federal Judicial Center, Guideline Sentencing: An Outline of Appellate Case Law on Selected Issues (Sept. 2002); Federal Sentencing Guidelines Digest (West 2006); Federal Sentencing Guidelines Handbook (R. Haines, F. Bowman, & J. Woll eds.); United States Sentencing Commission, Federal Sentencing Guidelines Manual.  This chapter also does not cover, except briefly, see § 10.32, infra, the topic of sentencing of noncitizens under particular state law.

 

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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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