Legal Opinion
Whyte v. Lynch
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 9, 2015No. 14-2357PPublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAYATTA, Circuit Judge.
Permanent resident non-citizens such as petitioner Anthony Whyte are removable under United States immigration laws if they are convicted of an “aggravated felony” under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii). An “aggravated felony” includes any offense defined in 18 U.S.C. § 16 as a “crime of violence,” for which the term of imprisonment is at least one year. See 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(F). Because Whyte was convicted in 1999 of third-degree assault under a Connecticut statute, Conn. Gen.Stat. § 53a-61(a)(l), the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) ordered his removal,…
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