Legal Opinion
SUM
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1970No. 2045PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #2045 MATTER OP SUM In Deportation Proceedings A-4713047 Decided by Board May 22, 1970 Respondent's conviction under section 11720 of the California Health and Safety Code for unlawful use of proscribed narcotic drugs may not be equated with a conviction for unlawful possession of such narcotic drugs so as to bring him within the "illicit possession" provisions of sections 212(a) (23) and 241(a) (11) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (Varga v. Rosenberg,
237 F. Supp. 282
(S.D. Calif., 1964), followed). [Matter of H—U—, 7 I. & N. Dec: 533, and Matter of Fong,
10 I. & N. Dec.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Varga v. RosenbergDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1964
- FONGBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1964
- F-S-CBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1958
3Cited by7 opinions
- Mellouli v. LynchSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
- Bronsztejn v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- HERNANDEZ-PONCEBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1988
- ESQUEDABoard of Immigration Appeals · 1994
- LENNONBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1974
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