United States Second Circuit

Plaintiff's conviction under Conn. Gen. Stat. section 21a-277(a) necessarily constituted a conviction for "illicit trafficking in a controlled substance" under 8 U.S.C. section 1101(a)(43)(B), which is a removable "aggravated felony" under the INA.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/06/2003
• Published 08/06/2003

Judges

• JACOBS, Circuit Judge., Before:  KEARSE, JACOBS, and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael Boyle, North Haven, CT (Michael C. Holley, Nashville, TN, of counsel), for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Megan L. Brackney, Assistant United States Attorney, for James B. Comey, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (Kathy S. Marks, Beth E. Goldman, Assistant United States Attorneys, of counsel), New York, NY, for Respondent.