Legal Opinion
KANEDA
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1979No. ID 2689PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #2689 MATTER OF KANEDA In Deportation Proceedings A-22205731 Decided by Board February 28, 1979 (1) Virginia Code Section 18.2-251 is a counterpart to the Federal First Offender Statute, 21 U.S.C. 844(b)(1); and a marihuana charge dismissed pursuant to such a statute may not be used as a basis for deportability under section 241(a)(11) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1251(a)(11). (2) The test for whether a state statute constitutes a counterpart to the Federal First Offender Statute is whether it complies with the Congressional intent to give an offender a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Woodby v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Barber v. GonzalesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Shaheen Rehman v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- ZINGISBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1974
- O'SULLIVANBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1963
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Mohammed Salim Ali v. U.S. Atty. GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2006
- OZKOKBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1988
- ROLDANBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1999
- Roberta Charmaine Garberding v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
- Jose E. Sandoval v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
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