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5 Cir: Padilla not retroactive

SCOTUS grants Padilla retroactivity case

Supreme Court hears Arizona immigration case tomorrow

Supreme Court to revisit “aggravated felony” provision: Is a crime that might be a federal misdemeanor a drug trafficking offense?

SCOTUS: LPR admission requirement doesn’t apply retroactively

SCOTUS: Fed false tax return crimes are fraud or deceit aggravated felonies

SCOTUS to hear SB 1070 case

SCOTUS to decide if admission requirement applies to pre-IIRIRA convictions

SCOTUS: Vehicle flight is violent felony under ACCA

SCOTUS to hear fraud/deceit aggravated felony case

SCOTUS will decide § 212(c) case

SCOTUS: Will it grant case about particularly serious crimes?

SCOTUS: Takes no action on two § 212(c) petitions; circuit split will continue for now

Article: Padilla victory by crImmigration.com co-editor is rare win

SCOTUS: Second simple drug possession offense is not aggravated felony unless prosecuted as recidivist offense

SCOTUS: Defense attorney must inform client whether plea carries risk of deportation

SCOTUS argument today: Is recidivist drug possession always an aggravated felony?

SCOTUS: “Physical force” defined as violent force in statute identical to “crime of violence” definition; affirms Leocal’s definition of COV aggravated felony

Article: SCOTUS should overturn 5th Cir Carachuri-Rosendo conclusion that two possession convictions equals aggravated felony

Supreme Court to decide if multiple drug possession convictions are aggravated felony