Legal Opinion
CASTRO
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1988No. ID 3073PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim. Decision #3073 MATTER OF CASTRO In Deportation Proceedings A-26378614 Decided by Board August 1, 1988 (1) In determining whether a conviction comes within the "petty offense" exception of section 212(aX9) of the Immigration and Nationality Act,
8 U.S.C. § 1182
(aX9) (Supp. IV 1986), as amended by the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of October 12, 1984,
Pub. L. No. 98-473, 98
Stat. 1837 (effective Nov. 1, 1987), the focus must be on the actual sentence imposed and not on what punishment an alien could have received under the applicable criminal statute. (2) Where a criminal court suspends…
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