Jorge Ibanez-Beltran v. Loretta Lynch

The Government charged Jorge Ibanez-Beltran, a citizen of Mexico, with being removable from this country, due in part to his Arizona conviction for attempted transportation of marijuana for sale under Arizona Revised Statute Section 13-3405(A)(4). Ibanez-Beltran concedes that this offense makes him removable, but denies that it also qualifies as an aggravated felony that makes him ineligible for cancellation of removal. He argues that the Arizona statute is neither a categorical match to a qualifying federal drug trafficking offense nor divisible. We must decide whether section 13-3405(A)(4)…