United States Tenth Circuit

Although a child abuse conviction was only a misdemeanor under state law, it qualified as an "aggravated felony" as defined by 8 U.S.C. section 1101(a)(43)(F), so that appellant's sentence for reentry into the U.S. as a deported alien previously convicted of an aggravated felony was valid.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/26/2002
• Published 04/26/2002

Judges

• BALDOCK, Circuit Judge., Before SEYMOUR, BALDOCK, and BRISCOE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Benjamin A. Gonzales, Assistant Federal Public Defender (John V. Butcher, Assistant Federal Public Defender, on the briefs), Albuquerque, NM, for Defendant-Appellant., Gregory B. Wormuth, Assistant United States Attorney (Norman C. Bay, United States Attorney, with him on the brief), Las Cruces, NM, for Plaintiff-Appellee.