Tooby's California Post-Conviction Relief for Immigrants

Chapter

§9.1 I. Introduction
§9.2 II. Immigration Consequences of Reducing Level of Offense
§9.3 A. Most Recent Sentence Controls
§9.4 B. Felonies and Misdemeanors in Immigration Law
§9.5 1. Petty Offense Exception
§9.6 2. Crimes of Violence Under 18 U.S.C. 16(b)
§9.7 3. Immigration Effects of Felony Conviction
§9.8 4. Immigration Effects of Misdemeanor Conviction
§9.9 C. Felonies and Misdemeanors Under California Law
§9.10 1. Non-Reducible Felonies
§9.11 2. Reducible Felony-Misdemeanors
§9.12 D. Reduction of Maximum Sentence
§9.13 1. Petty Offense Exception
§9.14 2. Single Crime of Moral Turpitude Deportation Ground
§9.15 III. Post-Conviction Reduction of Felony to Misdemeanor
§9.16 A. Motion to Reduce Felony to Misdemeanor
§9.17 1. Basic Requirements
§9.18 2. Reducible Offenses
§9.19 3. The Required Sentence
§9.20 a. Generally
§9.21 b. Suspended Prison Sentence Prevents Reduction
§9.22 4. Standard for Granting the Reduction
§9.23 5. Procedure
§9.24 6. Timing of the Motion
§9.25 7. Reduction After Termination of Probation
§9.26 8. Reduction After Grant of Expungement
§9.27 9. Review of Grant or Denial of Motion to Reduce
§9.28 10. Criminal Effects of Reduction
§9.29 B. Honorable Discharge from California Youth Authority
§9.30 IV. Motion to Reduce Misdemeanor to Infraction
§9.31 A. Definition of Misdemeanor Conviction
§9.32 B. Immigration Effections of Infractions
§9.33 C. Criminal Benefits of Reducing Misdemeanors to Infractions
§9.34 D. Motions to Reduce Misdemeanors to Infractions

§ 9.4 (B)

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(B)

Misdemeanor Conviction. One or more misdemeanor convictions can also trigger adverse immigration consequences. For example, misdemeanor convictions will disqualify the immigrant from obtaining the benefits of the Family Unity Program (two misdemeanors), the Legalization Program (three misdemeanors), the Special Agricultural Workers Legalization Program (three misdemeanors), and Temporary Protected Status (two misdemeanors). See generally § 9.7, infra.