Legal Opinion
Luis N. Athehortua-Vanegas v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 24, 1989No. 88-1674PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner, a Colombian national, was admitted to the United States as an immigrant on June 9, 1983. Within two years, Rhode Island authorities had arrested him. On June 10, 1985, he appeared in state superior court and pled nolo contendere to a possession-of-cocaine charge. His sentence was deferred with “minimum supervision.”
The federal Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) promptly issued a show-cause order, positing deportability under 8 U.S.C. § 1251(a)(ll). 1 At the ensuing hearing, petitioner, through his attorney, maintained that a plea of nolo contendere…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Weinberger v. SalfiSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Catlin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- McKart v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Valli Kandiah Ravindran v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
- William Alexander Alvarez-Flores v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Goonsuwan v. AshcroftCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
- Makhoul v. AshcroftCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2004
- Hilska v. JonesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2003
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