John P. Dickson v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States of America

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 2003-09-09

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SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge. Petitioner John Dickson petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) ordering him removed for having been convicted of an aggravated felony. Under the categorical approach to criminal statutory interpretation, we hold that the state-law crime of unlawful imprisonment in the first degree is divisible into crimes that are…

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