Legal Opinion
Winsome Elaine Vassell v. U.S. Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 13, 2016No. 15-11156PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MARTIN, Circuit Judge:
The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) ruled that Winsome Vassell is de-portable because she pleaded guilty to “theft by taking” in violation of Georgia Code § 16-8-2. Mrs. Vassell has filed a petition for review saying that this crime is not “a theft offense” as that term is used in the Immigration and Nationality Act’s (INA) list of grounds for deportation. Whether a state theft conviction is “a theft offense” for the INA turns on whether the state offense contains the elements of the generic definition of theft. Mrs. Vassell says Georgia “theft by taking” doesn’t…
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