Legal Opinion
Hylton v. Sessions
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 20, 2018No. 17-1567PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Dennis Jacobs, Circuit Judge:
*59Antoine Hylton, a Jamaican national, petitions for review of the May 9, 2017 order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA"), which found him ineligible for cancellation of removal because his prior state conviction for sale of marijuana in the third degree constituted an aggravated felony under the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA"). The single issue on appeal is whether the minimum offense conduct under Hylton's statute of conviction, New York Penal Law ("NYPL") § 221.45, is necessarily punishable as a federal felony by the Controlled Substances Act…
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