ALDABESHEH

Interim Decision #3410 In re Ahmad ALDABESHEH, Respondent File A72 184 323 - Napanoch Decided August 30, 1999 U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeals (1) A conviction for criminal contempt in the first degree, in violation of section 215.51(b)(i) of the New York Penal Law, with a sentence to imprisonment of at least 1 year, is a convic- tion for a crime of violence as defined under 18 U.S.C. § 16(b) (1994), thus rendering it an aggravated felony under section 101(a)(43)(F) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(F)…