Quick Reference Chart for Determining Immigration Consequences ...

APPENDIX A: QUICK REFERENCE CHART FOR DETERMINING IMMIGRATION CONSEQUENCES OF COMMON NEW YORK OFFENSES
Offense
misdemeanor
NYPL
Section
Aggravated
Felony (AF)?
Crime Involving
Moral Turpitude
(CIMT)?
Other Grounds?:
Controlled Substance (CSO)
Crime Against Child (CAC)
Dom. Violence (CODV) etc.
Firearm Offense (FO)
Prostitution
Commercialized Vice
Comments, Strategies & Tips
These are by no means an exhaustive list of strategies and tips
advocates may pursue. For additional defense lawyer strategies,
see Chapter 5. For additional immigration lawyer strategies, see
Appendix K.
Criminal
possession of
methamphetamine
manufacturing
material, 1 st
degree
Class E felony
Criminal
possession of
precursors of
methamphetamine,
1 st degree
Class E felony
Unlawful
manufacture of
methamphetamine,
3 rd degree
Class D felony
220.71 Probably is
drug trafficking
AF.
220.72 Probably is
drug trafficking
AF.
220.73 Is ”drug
trafficking” AF.
Maybe Probably is CSO. Tip for defense lawyers:
1. To avoid CSO or AF risks, if possible consider
alternative offenses such as Criminal Nuisance (see
below, PL 240.45), or Hindering Prosecution, 3 rd Degree
(see above, PL 205.55).
2. If Tip 1 is not possible, to avoid CSO or AF risks, if
possible negotiate diversion without a guilty plea.
3. If Tips 1 and 2 are not possible, to decrease risk of
“drug trafficking” AF, avoid this drug offense altogether
and consider alternative offense of CPCS, 7 th (see
above, PL 220.03) if possible.
Maybe. Probably is CSO. Tip for defense lawyers:
1. To avoid CSO or AF risks, if possible consider
alternative offenses such as Criminal Nuisance (see
below, PL 240.45), or Hindering Prosecution, 3 rd Degree
(see above, PL 205.55).
2. If Tip 1 is not possible, to avoid CSO or AF risks, if
possible negotiate diversion without a guilty plea.
3. If Tips 1 and 2 are not possible, to decrease risk of
“drug trafficking” AF, avoid this drug offense altogether
and consider alternative offense of CPCS, 7 th (see
above, PL 220.03) if possible.
Maybe. Is CSO. Tip for defense lawyers:
1. To avoid CSO or AF risks, if possible negotiate
diversion without a guilty plea.
2. If Tip 1 is not possible, to decrease risk of “drug
trafficking” AF, avoid this felony drug offense altogether
and consider alternative offense of CPCS, 7 th degree, or
subsections (2) – (8) of CPCS, 5 th degree (see above, PL
220.03 & 220.06) if possible.
A-70 NYSDA IMMIGRANT DEFENSE PROJECT, December 2006