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In re Sierra

12 Cited authorities

  1. Taylor v. United States

    495 U.S. 575 (1990)   Cited 5,243 times   27 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the term "burglary" as used in the Armed Career Criminal Act was to be given its "generic, contemporary meaning" to avoid a scenario in which "a person ... would, or would not, receive a sentence enhancement based on exactly the same conduct, depending on whether the State of his prior conviction happened to call that conduct ‘burglary’ "

  2. U.S. v. Corona-Sanchez

    291 F.3d 1201 (9th Cir. 2002)   Cited 286 times
    Holding that a presentence report may establish the fact of a prior conviction where the defendant does not contest that he was not convicted under the relevant statute

  3. Huerta-Guevara v. Ashcroft

    321 F.3d 883 (9th Cir. 2003)   Cited 92 times
    Holding that court may consider an issue regardless of purported waiver if it is purely one of law and the opposing party will not suffer prejudice

  4. Randhawa v. Ashcroft

    298 F.3d 1148 (9th Cir. 2002)   Cited 51 times
    Holding that a person who possesses something he or she knows to be stolen "necessarily intends to deprive the [] true owner of his or her rights and benefits of ownership."

  5. Verdugo-Gonzalez v. Holder

    581 F.3d 1059 (9th Cir. 2009)   Cited 36 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that section 496 does not extend to accessories after the fact

  6. Hernandez-Mancilla v. I.N.S.

    246 F.3d 1002 (7th Cir. 2001)   Cited 49 times
    Finding Black's Law Dictionary's definition as supporting an interpretation of § 1101(G)'s "theft offense" as a "broad" definition that includes the receipt of stolen property

  7. Burke v. Mukasey

    509 F.3d 695 (5th Cir. 2007)   Cited 36 times
    Holding that a conviction under N.Y. Penal Law § 165.50 is an aggravated felony conviction

  8. United States v. Kaur

    382 F.3d 1155 (9th Cir. 2004)   Cited 11 times
    Holding the "reasonable cause to believe" standard of Section 841(c) incorporates both subjective and objective considerations

  9. Gray v. State

    100 Nev. 556 (Nev. 1984)   Cited 9 times
    Holding "that a person may be found guilty of possession of stolen property in Nevada where the circumstances are such as to put a reasonable person on notice as to the stolen nature of the goods he possessed"

  10. Section 1101 - Definitions

    8 U.S.C. § 1101   Cited 16,409 times   91 Legal Analyses
    Finding notice and comment rulemaking is required for the agency's interim rule recognizing fear of coercive family practices as basis for refugee status

  11. Section 1227 - Deportable aliens

    8 U.S.C. § 1227   Cited 7,920 times   40 Legal Analyses
    Granting this discretion to the Attorney General

  12. Section 1708 - Theft or receipt of stolen mail matter generally

    18 U.S.C. § 1708   Cited 1,411 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting theft or receipt of stolen letter "from a letter or mail carrier"