Search : U.S. Supreme Court : Immigration Law : From 10/01/06 To 07/01/07
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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law |
| Title: | Gonzales v. Duenas-Alvarez |
| Date: | 01/17/07 |
| Case Number: | 05–1629 |
| Summary: | In the context of 8 U.S.C. section 1101(a)(43)(G), which provides for removal from the United States of an alien convicted of "a theft offense ... for which the term of imprisonment [is] at least one year," the term "theft offense" in the statute includes the crime of "aiding and abetting" a theft offense. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law |
| Title: | US v. Resendiz-Ponce |
| Date: | 01/09/07 |
| Case Number: | 05–998 |
| Summary: | The Ninth Circuit's reversal of respondent's conviction for illegally attempting to reenter the U.S. is reversed where the indictment at issue was not defective, and consequently, the Supreme Court did not need to answer the question of whether the omission of an element of a criminal offense from a federal indictment can constitute harmless error. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law |
| Title: | Lopez v. Gonzales |
| Date: | 12/05/06 |
| Case Number: | 05–547 |
| Summary: | In the context of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and crimes falling under the term "aggravated felony," a state offense constitutes a "felony punishable under the Controlled Substances Act" only if it proscribes conduct punishable as a felony under that federal law. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Per Curiam |
| Title: | Toledo-Flores v. US |
| Date: | 12/05/06 |
| Case Number: | 05–7664 |
| Summary: | The writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted. |