Legal Opinion
Alexis Martinez v. Attorney General United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 16, 2018No. 17-3434PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIBAS, Circuit Judge.
We must decide whether New Jersey's drug-trafficking law criminalizes more conduct than the federal one. Under the categorical approach, a state-law conviction makes an alien removable if its elements are no broader than those of a qualifying federal crime. Moncrieffe v. Holder , 569 U.S. 184 , 190-91, 133 S.Ct. 1678 , 185 L.Ed.2d 727 (2013). Alexis Martinez contends that he is not removable because the New Jersey drug-trafficking law of which he was convicted is broader than its federal counterpart. First, he argues that although both laws extend to attempts, New…
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