Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Gordon
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided September 6, 2012No. 11-P-435PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKafker, J.
In 2008, the defendant, Daneroy Gordon, pleaded guilty to charges including firearms offenses and assault and battery on a police officer (ABPO). His sentences included eighteen months committed in the house of correction for illegally possessing a firearm and, as relevant here, a concurrent sentence of one year for ABPO. As the defendant is not a United States citizen, the firearms convictions made it possible he would *390be deported. However, the conviction of ABPO, given the one-year sentence he received, made his deportation certain.
After deportation proceedings were commenced against him,…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- MARINBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1978
- Commonwealth v. SatterfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. StewartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
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