United States First Circuit

The Board of Immigration Appeals did not err in affirming petitioner's removability for having committed an aggravated felony offense, where: 1) Connecticut General Statute section 53a-123(a)(3) is a categorical theft offense, and therefore petitioner's conviction alone suffices to establish a conviction of a theft offense aggravated felony; and 2) petitioner's argument that his conviction as an adult was invalid because he was only seventeen at the time of his plea fails, because once adjudicated by the state court, either as a juvenile or an adult, that determination is binding.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/09/2013
• Published 07/09/2013

Judges

• HOWARD

Court

• United States First Circuit

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