Legal Opinion
Wazirali Moosa, Also Known as Wazir Ali Haider Ali Moosa Zebunisa Wazirali Moosa v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 2, 1999No. 96-60821PublishedCited by 146 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:
A deferred adjudication of guilt for indecency with a child by contact having been entered against Wazirali Moosa in Texas state court in 1990, and, as a result, Moosa having been denied permanent residency and having been ordered deported, along with his wife, primarily at issue is, in the legalization decision, the retroactive application to that deferred adjudication of the new definition of “conviction” in § 322(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, codified at 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (a)(48)(A). At issue are whether…
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