United States Ninth Circuit

Conviction of defendant (a Mexican national) for illegal reentry is affirmed, where: 1) defendant’s conviction of second-degree robbery under section 9A.56.190 of the Revised Code of Washington is a “theft offense,” and such a conviction, accompanied by a sentence of imprisonment of at least one year, qualifies as an aggravated felony under 8 U.S.C. section 1101(a)(43)(G); and 2) because defendant’s aggravated felony conviction renders him ineligible for relief from his underlying removal orders, he suffered no prejudice from any procedural defects that may have occurred in the removal proceedings.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/19/2014
• Published 12/19/2014

Judges

• Fletcher

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel