Legal Opinion
Trevor Drakes v. Charles W. Zimski, Acting Director of Immigration and Naturalization Service Janet Reno, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 20, 2001No. 00-3232PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BARRY, Circuit Judge.
Trevor Drakes, a native of Guyana, has lived in the United States since 1981 as a lawful, permanent resident. On August 12, 1998, Drakes was stopped by the Delaware State Police for a traffic violation. While the facts of what he did are less than clear, at minimum he provided a false name to the police and later pled guilty to two counts of second-degree forgery under Delaware state law. The Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”) determined that second-degree forgery was a deporta-ble aggravated felony under 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(R) and…
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