AGGRAVATED FELONY CASE SUMMARY By Immigration Judge Bertha A. Zuniga (San Antonio) November 15, 2010 (Summary updated regularly) DISCLAIMER: The summaries and cases provided herein are those of the author alone and do not represent a position or policy of the Immigration Court, Executive Office for Immigration Review or United States Department of Justice. The cases and summaries are provided solely for the purpose of legal discussion and do not represent a position or ruling by the author in any immigration case. Maintained by: Page 1 of 72 Kimberly Sias, Judicial Law Clerk Abbreviations Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 ADAA Aggravated Felony AF Attorney General AG Board of Immigration Appeals BIA Circuit Cir. Controlled Substances Act CSA Crime of Violence COV Crime Involving Moral Turpitude CIMT Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 IIRIRA Immigration Act of 1990 IMMAct Immigration Judge IJ Immigration and Nationality Act INA Pre-Sentence Report PSR United States U.S. United States Sentencing Guidelines Manual U.S.S.G. Maintained by: Page 2 of 72 Kimberly Sias, Judicial Law Clerk TABLE OF CONTENTS (A) Murder, Rape, or Sexual Abuse of a Minor ................................................................. 7 • Murder.................................................................................................................... 7 • Rape ........................................................................................................................ 7 • Sexual Abuse of a Minor ....................................................................................... 8 (B) Illicit Trafficking in Controlled Substance (as defined in § 102 of the Controlled Substances Act), Including a Drug Trafficking Crime (as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)) ........................................................................................................................................... 13 (C) Illicit Trafficking in Firearms/Destructive Devices (18 U.S.C. § 921) or Explosive Materials (18 U.S.C. §841(c))........................................................................................... 21 (D) Laundering Monetary Instruments (18 U.S.C. § 1956) or Monetary Transactions over $10,000 in Property Derived from Unlawful Activities (18 U.S.C. § 1957).................... 22 • Laundering Monetary Instruments (18 U.S.C. § 1956) ..................................... 22 (E) Explosive Materials Offenses (18 U.S.C. §§ 842(h)-(i), 844(d)-(i)), Firearms Offenses (18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1)-(5), (j), (n)-(p), (r) and 924(b), (h)), or Firearms Offenses (IRS Code § 5861 (1986)) ......................................................................................................... 22 (F) Crimes of Violence (18 U.S.C. § 16) (Not including purely political offenses)–Term of imprisonment at least 1 year......................................................................................... 24 • Indeterminate Sentences...................................................................................... 24 • Abduction/Kidnapping......................................................................................... 24 • Armed with Intent ................................................................................................ 25 • Arson..................................................................................................................... 25 • Assault (Misdemeanor)........................................................................................ 26 • Assault .................................................................................................................. 27 • Battery................................................................................................................... 29 • Burglary of a Habitation...................................................................................... 31 • Burglary of a Nonresidential Building ............................................................... 32 • Burglary of a Vehicle........................................................................................... 32 • Child Abuse .......................................................................................................... 33 • Child Abduction ................................................................................................... 33 • Contempt (criminal)............................................................................................. 33 • Criminal Coercion................................................................................................ 33 • Criminally Negligent Homicide........................................................................... 34 • Criminal Mischief ................................................................................................ 34 • Criminal Sexual Misconduct............................................................................... 34 • Criminal Trespass ................................................................................................ 34 • Discharging a Firearm/Shooting into an Occupied Dwelling ........................... 34 • Domestic Violence................................................................................................ 35 • DWI/DUI.............................................................................................................. 36 • Endangerment...................................................................................................... 37 Maintained by: Page 3 of 72 Kimberly Sias, Judicial Law Clerk • Escape................................................................................................................... 37 • Evading Arrest of an Officer ............................................................................... 38 • Facilitation ........................................................................................................... 38 • Failure to Report.................................................................................................. 39 • False Imprisonment ............................................................................................. 39 • Grand Theft.......................................................................................................... 39 • Harassment........................................................................................................... 39 • Indecency with a Child ........................................................................................ 40 • Injury to a Child................................................................................................... 40 • Involuntary Manslaughter................................................................................... 41 • Manslaughter ....................................................................................................... 41 • Mayhem ................................................................................................................ 42 • Menacing.............................................................................................................. 42 • Murder for Hire ................................................................................................... 42 • Possession of a Deadly Weapon .......................................................................... 43 • Possession of a Firearm....................................................................................... 43 • Rape/Statutory Rape ............................................................................................ 44 • Reckless Conduct ................................................................................................. 46 • Recklessly Burning or Exploding........................................................................ 47 • Resisting Arrest .................................................................................................... 47 • Retaliation ............................................................................................................ 47 • Rioting .................................................................................................................. 47 • Robbery................................................................................................................. 47 • Sexual Abuse........................................................................................................ 48 • Sexual Assault...................................................................................................... 48 • Sexual Battery ...................................................................................................... 49 • Stalking................................................................................................................. 50 • Tampering with Consumer Goods....................................................................... 50 • Terrorism.............................................................................................................. 51 • Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle................................................................. 51 • Unlawful Imprisonment....................................................................................... 52 • Unlawful Wounding............................................................................................. 52 • Vehicular Homicide ............................................................................................. 52 • Vehicular Manslaughter.....................................................................................