United States Ninth Circuit

The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act's repeal of section 212(c) relief is not impermissibly retroactive as applied to defendant. A second degree burglary conviction supported a sentence enhancement for deportation after an aggravated felony.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/03/2002
• Decided 08/12/2002
• Published 08/12/2002

Judges

• Before:  PREGERSON, TROTT, Circuit Judges, and FITZGERALD, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Gary P. Burcham, San Diego, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Patrick K. O'Toole, United States Attorney, Kyle W. Hoffman, Asst. United States Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, San Diego, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.