Legal Opinion

WOJTKOW

Board of Immigration Appeals

Decided July 1, 1981No. ID 2879PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Interim Decision #2879 MATTER OF WOJTKOW In Deportation Proceedings A-13934122 Decided by Board September 10,4981 :1) Pursuant to section 125.15(1) of the Penal Law of New York, a person is guilty of manslaughter in the second degree when "he recklessly causes the death of another person." (2) A person acts "recklessly" when he is aware of and consciously disregards a sub- stantial and unjustifiable risk, which constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of conduct a reasonable personl.vOuld observe in the situation. New York Penal Law, sec- tion 15 05(5) (3) A conviction for second…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. MEDINABoard of Immigration Appeals · 1976
  2. United States ex rel. Mongiovi v. KarnuthDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1929
  3. ZANGWILLBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1981

3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Duhaney v. Attorney General of United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2010
  2. Jan Knapik v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004
  3. SOLONBoard of Immigration Appeals · 2007
  4. FUALAAUBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1996
  5. TORRES-VARELABoard of Immigration Appeals · 2001

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