Omar Norvil Whylie Lewin v. Attorney General United States

JORDAN, Circuit Judge.

This immigration case raises a single question: whether the petitioner's conviction under New Jersey's Receiving Stolen Property Statute, N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:20-7(a), constitutes an "aggravated felony" under the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA"), 66 Stat. 163 , as amended. 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (a)(43)(G). We conclude that it does and, accordingly, will deny the petition for review.

I. BACKGROUND

Omar Norvil Whylie Lewin, a native and citizen of Jamaica, was admitted to the United States in 1987 as a legal permanent resident. In 2000, Lewin was convicted of receiving…