Legal Opinion
Jose E. Sandoval v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 12, 2001No. 99-3158PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Jose Sandoval, petitioner, entered the United States as a permanent resident on July 31, 1990. In December 1991 he was charged by information filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, with possession of more than thirty but less than 500 grams of cannabis. See Ill.Rev.Stat. ch. 56 \ ¶ 704(d) (1991), now codified as 720 III. Comp. Stat. Ann. 550/4 (West Supp. 2000). 1 Following his entry of a plea of guilty to the violation of § 704(d), Sandoval was sentenced to a period of two years probation.
On the basis of his drug conviction, the Immigration and…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Woodby v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Gary Laguerre v. Janet Reno, Jose, Martin Avelar-Cruz v. Janet RenoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
- Hector Tito Lujan-Armendariz v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Mauro Roldan-Santoyo v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- People v. CorreaIllinois Supreme Court · 1985
- People v. TownsIllinois Supreme Court · 1998
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