Carlota Castaneda De Esper v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.

This petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals presents the question whether a conviction for misprision of a felony 1 is a conviction for a violation of a law “relating to the illicit possession of or traffic in narcotic drugs” where the felony concealed is a conspiracy to possess heroin. The Board held that petitioner’s conviction for misprision of the felony of conspiracy to possess heroin was a conviction relating to possession or traffic in narcotic drugs, and thus petitioner was subject to deportation pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1251(a)(ll). 2…