Criminal Defense of Immigrants

Chapter

§12.1 I. Introduction
§12.2 II. Noncitizens in Juvenile Proceedings
§12.3 A. Defense Strategy
§12.4 B. Avoiding Damaging Admissions
§12.5 C. Immigration Detention
§12.6 D. Citizenship
§12.7 E. Special Immigrant Juvenile Status
§12.8 F. Finding of Juvenile Delinquency
§12.9 G. Sentence
§12.10 III. Noncitizen Minors in Adult and Youthful Offender Proceedings
§12.11 A. Conviction
§12.12 1. General Rule
§12.13 2. Eligibility for FJDA Transfer
§12.14 B. Foreign Adult Court Convictions of Minors
§12.15 C. Adult Court Jurisdiction Over Minor
§12.16 D. Post-Conviction Relief
§12.17 E. Sentence - Type of Institution
§12.18 F. Transfer from Juvenile to Adult Court under FJDA Not Possible for Conspiracy
§12.19 G. Transfer from Adult to Juvenile Court
§12.20 IV. Immigration Consequences of Juvenile Court Actions
§12.21 A. Conviction - Juvenile Court Adjudication Not a Conviction
§12.22 B. Discretionary Factor
§12.23 C. Deportability
§12.24 1. Conduct-Based Grounds
§12.25 2. False Claim to U.S. Citizenship
§12.26 3. Domestic Violence TRO Violation
§12.27 4. Other Grounds
§12.28 D. Inadmissibility
§12.29 1. Conduct-Based Grounds
§12.30 2. Controlled Substances: Admission by Minor Ineffective
§12.31 3. Crime of Moral Turpitude
§12.32 a. Admission by Minor Ineffective
§12.33 b. Youthful Offender Exception
§12.34 4. Reason to Believe Illicit Trafficker
§12.35 5. Visa Fraud
§12.36 6. Other Grounds
§12.37 E. Relief
§12.38 V. Resources

§ 12.10 (E)

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(E) State Adult Dispositions for Offenses Not Transferable to Adult Court Under the FJDA. The cases holding foreign adult dispositions of noncitizens under 18 at the time of the offense are not convictions for immigration purposes can be used to argue that analogous state convictions for such offenses should likewise not constitute convictions. See § 12.18, infra.