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APPENDIX A: QUICK REFERENCE CHART FOR DETERMINING IMMIGRATION CONSEQUENCES OF COMMON NEW YORK OFFENSES<br />
Offense<br />
NYPL<br />
Section<br />
Aggravated<br />
Felony (AF)?<br />
Crime Involving<br />
Moral Turpitude<br />
(CIMT)?<br />
Other Grounds?:<br />
Controlled Substance (CSO)<br />
Crime Against Child (CAC)<br />
Dom. Violence (CODV) etc.<br />
Firearm Offense (FO)<br />
Prostitution<br />
Commercialized Vice<br />
FO if record of conviction<br />
establishes firearm or<br />
destructive device (as defined<br />
in 18 USC 921(a)).<br />
Comments, Strategies & Tips<br />
These are by no means an exhaustive list of strategies and tips<br />
advocates may pursue. For additional defense lawyer strategies,<br />
see Chapter 5. For additional immigration lawyer strategies, see<br />
Appendix K.<br />
Criminal<br />
possession of a<br />
dangerous<br />
weapon, 1st<br />
degree<br />
Class B felony<br />
265.04 If term of<br />
imprisonment<br />
imposed is one<br />
year or more,<br />
probably is<br />
“crime of<br />
violence” AF. If<br />
record of<br />
conviction<br />
establishes an<br />
offense akin to<br />
one described<br />
in 18 U.S.C.<br />
922(g) (1), (2),<br />
(3), (4), or (5),<br />
(j), (n), (o), (p),<br />
or (r), 18 U.S.C.<br />
924 (b) or (h),<br />
or 26 U.S.C.<br />
5861, might be<br />
“firearm<br />
offense” AF.<br />
Probably.<br />
A-92 NYSDA IMMIGRANT DEFENSE PROJECT, December 2006
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