Legal Opinion
COTA
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 2005No. ID 3522PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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23 I&N Dec. 849
Interim Decision #3522 In Re Oscar COTA-Vargas, Respondent File A37 803 631 - San Diego Decided November 18, 2005 U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeals A trial court’s decision to modify or reduce an alien’s criminal sentence nunc pro tunc is entitled to full faith and credit by the Immigration Judges and the Board of Immigration Appeals, and such a modified or reduced sentence is recognized as valid for purposes of the immigration law without regard to the trial court’s reasons for effecting the modification or…
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