Legal Opinion
DERIS
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1989No. ID 3102PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #3102 MATTER OF DERIS In Deportation Proceedings A-19575373 Decided by Board April 19, 1989 For immigration purposes, the Maryland first offender statute, Article 27, section 292 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, which offers favorable treatment to anyone committing his first drug violation regardless of the nature and severity of the offense, is not a counterpart to the federal first offender statute, which is limited in its application to simple possession of a controlled substance; hence, the respondent in deportation proceedings may properly be found deportable for…
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