Legal Opinion

Chuen Piu Kwong v. Holder

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided December 7, 2011No. 04-72167PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CANBY, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Chuen Piu Kwong, a lawful permanent resident of the United States, was ordered removed on the ground that he had been convicted of an aggravated felony. See 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii). He contends that the evidence was insufficient to establish that the crime of which he was convicted was an aggravated felony. We conclude that Kwong’s conviction of first-degree burglary was a conviction of an aggravated felony, and was sufficiently established by the state court’s abstract of judgment. We also reject Kwong’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel,…

2Cases cited22 opinions

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