United States First Circuit

Petitioner was "convicted," and therefore subject to deportation, even though he was seventeen years of age at the time he pleaded guilty to the criminal offense. Petitioner's plea cannot be construed as a juvenile delinquency because he was being tried as an adult.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/21/2001
• Published 02/21/2001

Judges

• BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge., Before BOUDIN, Circuit Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and STAHL, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas L. Mirza, with whom Audette, Bazar & Gonzalez, Inc., were on brief, for petitioner., Randy Olen and Olen Law Offices on brief for Rhode Island Affiliate, American Civil Liberties Union, amicus curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Julia K. Doig, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, with whom, David W. Ogden, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Mark C. Walters, Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, and Margaret J. Perry, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, were on brief, for respondent.