Criminal Defense of Immigrants
Chapter
- §10.1 I. Introduction
- §10.2 II. Roles of Court and Counsel
- §10.3 III. Goals of Sentencing
- §10.4 A. Criminal Goals of Sentence
- §10.5 B. Immigration-Related Goals of Sentence
- §10.6 C. Balancing Immigration with Criminal Goals
- §10.7 D. Relationship to Plea Bargaining
- §10.8 IV. Preparation
- §10.9 A. Avoiding Damaging Admissions
- §10.10 B. Defense Sentencing Materials
- §10.11 C. Probation Interview
- §10.12 D. Preparing for Allocution
- §10.13 V. Sentence Hearing
- §10.14 A. Specific Tactics
- §10.15 1. Tactics to Avoid Conviction
- §10.16 2. Avoiding Service of Sentence
- §10.17 3. Neutralizing Probation Report as Part of Record
- §10.18 4. Tactics to Avoid Sentence Imposed
- §10.19 5. Tactics to Minimize Maximum Sentence
- §10.20 6. Tactics to Minimize Restitution Order
- §10.21 7. Tactics to Minimize Level of Offense
- §10.22 8. Qualifying Client for Post-Conviction Relief
- §10.23 B. Arguments in Mitigation
- §10.24 1. Prosecution Policy Not To Favor Immigrants
- §10.25 2. Judicial Policy to Consider Collateral Impact of Sentence
- §10.26 3. Equities
- §10.27 4. Immigration Status or Hold
- §10.28 5. Cultural Mitigation Issues
- §10.29 6. Persecution and Torture of Client if Deported
- §10.30 7. Other Arguments
- §10.31 C. Federal Sentencing Issues
- §10.32 D. State Sentencing Issues
- §10.33 E. Evidentiary Hearing
- §10.34 VI. Post-Conviction Relief at Sentencing
- §10.35 A. Current Case
- §10.36 B. Prior Convictions
- §10.37 VII. Special Immigration-Related Proceedings
- §10.38 A. Special Proceedings At Sentence
- §10.39 1. Former Judicial Recommendation Against Deportation
- §10.40 2. Judicial Deportation Proceedings at Federal Sentence
- §10.41 B. Special Proceedings After Sentence
- §10.42 1. Early Release to Removal
- §10.43 2. Prisoner Transfer Treaties
- §10.44 VIII. Probation Violation Proceedings
- §10.45 A. Immigration Effects
- §10.46 1. Probation Violations and Convictions
- §10.47 2. Avoiding Damaging Admissions
- §10.48 3. Probation Violation Sentences
- §10.49 B. Negotiating Probation Violations
- §10.50 IX. Concluding the Representation
- §10.51 A. Saying Goodbye
- §10.52 B. Documenting the Disposition
- §10.53 C. Immigration Advice
- §10.54 X. Effect of Sentence on Nature of Offense
- §10.55 A. Sentence As Part of "Record of Conviction"
- §10.56 B. Sentence Enhancements
- §10.57 1. Effects of Sentence Enhancements
- §10.58 2. Recidivist Enhancements
- §10.59 3. Firearm Enhancements
- §10.60 4. Other Conduct-Based Enhancements
- §10.61 C. Finality
- §10.62 XI. Immigration Consequences of Sentence
- §10.63 A. "Sentence Imposed"
- §10.64 B. Type of Confinement
- §10.65 C. Sentence Ordered by the Court
- §10.66 1. Aggravated Felonies
- §10.67 2. Crime of Moral Turpitude
- §10.68 3. Mandatory Detention
- §10.69 4. Petty Offense Exception to Inadmissibility
- §10.70 D. Aggregate Sentences Imposed
- §10.71 1. Multiple Conviction Ground of Inadmissibility
- §10.72 2. Withholding of Deportation (Restriction on Removal)
- §10.73 E. Actual Confinement
- §10.74 1. Good Moral Character 180-Day Bar
- §10.75 2. INA §212(c) Waiver 5-Year Bar
- §10.76 F. Maximum Potential Confinement
- §10.77 1. Definition
- §10.78 2. Aggravated Felonies
- §10.79 3. Crime of Moral Turpitude Deportation Ground
- §10.80 4. Petty Offense Exception to Inadmissibility
- §10.81 G. Probation or Parole
- §10.82 H. Restitution Orders and Loss to the Victim(s)
- §10.83 1. Fraud Offenses
- §10.84 2. Tax Evasion Offenses
- §10.85 3. Money Laundering Offenses
- §10.86 I. Level of Offense
- §10.87 1. Felony Conviction
- §10.88 2. Immigration Consequences
- §10.89 a. Aggravated Felonies Drug Trafficking
- §10.90 b. Aggravated Felony Crimes of Violence Under 18 U.S.C. 16(b)
- §10.91 c. Disqualification from Relief
- §10.92 3. Misdemeanor Conviction
- §10.93 4. Very Minor Offenses
- §10.94 J. Immigration Holds and Detention
§ 10.35 (B)
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(B) Motion to Reduce Felony to Misdemeanor. Moreover, in some states, the sentencing court has authority to reduce certain felony convictions to misdemeanors at the time of sentence.[106] It is the final sentence (after reduction has been granted) that is binding on immigration authorities for purposes of assessing their immigration consequences. See § § 11.13-11.15, infra.
[106] See N. Tooby, Post-Conviction Relief for Immigrants § § 7.120 ff. (2004).
