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In re Morgan

26 Cited authorities

  1. Mathis v. United States

    136 S. Ct. 2243 (2016)   Cited 4,459 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a court employing the categorical approach "looks to a limited class of documents"

  2. Descamps v. United States

    570 U.S. 254 (2013)   Cited 5,051 times   23 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts "may look only to the statutory definitions—i.e ., the elements—of a defendant’s prior offenses"

  3. Ramos v. Louisiana

    140 S. Ct. 1390 (2020)   Cited 1,707 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding the Sixth Amendment requires a unanimous jury verdict in state prosecutions for serious offenses, and overruling Apodaca v. Oregon , 406 U.S. 404, 92 S.Ct. 1628, 32 L.Ed.2d 184, because "in the years since Apodaca , this Court ha[d] spoken inconsistently about its meaning" and had undercut its validity "on at least eight occasions"

  4. Moncrieffe v. Holder

    569 U.S. 184 (2013)   Cited 1,386 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Holding that sharing marijuana not an aggravated felony

  5. Pereira v. Sessions

    138 S. Ct. 2105 (2018)   Cited 1,077 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an NTA that omitted the "time or place of the removal proceedings" failed to comply with the requirements of § 239 and was insufficient to trigger the so-called "stop-time rule" of INA § 240A(d)

  6. Niz-Chavez v. Garland

    141 S. Ct. 1474 (2021)   Cited 422 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an NTA must consist of "a single document" containing all requisite information

  7. United States v. Scott

    990 F.3d 94 (2d Cir. 2021)   Cited 76 times
    Holding that first-degree manslaughter under N.Y. Penal Law § 125.20 is a crime of violence

  8. Abimbola v. Ashcroft

    378 F.3d 173 (2d Cir. 2004)   Cited 94 times
    Holding that when a term in INA is undefined, the "BIA's interpretation is 'given controlling weight unless [it is] arbitrary, capricious, or manifestly contrary to the statute'" (alteration in original) (quoting Chevron, U.S.A., Inc. v. Nat. Res. Def. Council, 467 U.S. 837, 844 (1984))

  9. Chery v. Garland

    16 F.4th 980 (2d Cir. 2021)   Cited 43 times
    Concluding that a New York statute was divisible because the statute's plain text suggested "that either a 'hallucinogenic substance other than marijuana' or a 'narcotic substance' [must be] involved" in a violation, and distinguishing the indivisible statute in Harbin, which, by contrast, criminalized selling "controlled substance" generally

  10. Almeida v. Holder

    588 F.3d 778 (2d Cir. 2009)   Cited 34 times
    Holding that second-degree larceny under Connecticut law is categorically a "theft offense" aggravated felony under the INA

  11. Section 1101 - Definitions

    8 U.S.C. § 1101   Cited 16,819 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

  12. Section 1158 - Asylum

    8 U.S.C. § 1158   Cited 10,737 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding a "pattern or practice" of persecution requires it be "systemic, pervasive, or organized"

  13. Section 1227 - Deportable aliens

    8 U.S.C. § 1227   Cited 8,068 times   42 Legal Analyses
    Granting this discretion to the Attorney General

  14. Section 1231 - Detention and removal of aliens ordered removed

    8 U.S.C. § 1231   Cited 8,009 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Concluding that once petitioner's removal order was reinstated, he was no longer eligible for "relief" in the form of adjustment of status-even if he could obtain a Form I-212 waiver

  15. Section 1229b - Cancellation of removal; adjustment of status

    8 U.S.C. § 1229b   Cited 5,222 times   24 Legal Analyses
    Granting the Attorney General discretion to cancel the removal of an alien who has “been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty by a ... parent who is ... a United States citizen”

  16. Section 53a-49 - Criminal attempt: Sufficiency of conduct; renunciation as defense

    Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-49   Cited 108 times

    (a) A person is guilty of an attempt to commit a crime if, acting with the kind of mental state required for commission of the crime, he: (1) Intentionally engages in conduct which would constitute the crime if attendant circumstances were as he believes them to be; or (2) intentionally does or omits to do anything which, under the circumstances as he believes them to be, is an act or omission constituting a substantial step in a course of conduct planned to culminate in his commission of the crime

  17. Section 53a-119 - Larceny defined

    Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-119   Cited 101 times
    Defining embezzlement as occurring when one "wrongfully appropriates to himself or to another property of another in his care or custody"

  18. Section 21a-279 - (Formerly Sec. 19-481). Penalty for illegal possession of a controlled substance other than cannabis. Alternative sentences. Immunity

    Conn. Gen. Stat. § 21a-279   Cited 94 times
    Exempting "any person who in good faith, seeks medical assistance for another person who such person reasonably believes is experiencing an overdose . . ., for whom another person, in good faith, seeks medical assistance, reasonably believing such person is experiencing an overdose . . ., or who reasonably believes he or she is experiencing an overdose"

  19. Section 53a-123 - Larceny in the second degree: Class C felony

    Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-123   Cited 39 times

    (a) A person is guilty of larceny in the second degree when such person commits larceny, as defined in section 53a-119, and: (1) The value of the property or service exceeds ten thousand dollars, (2) the property, regardless of its nature or value, is taken from the person of another, (3) the property is obtained by defrauding a public community, and the value of such property is two thousand dollars or less, (4) the property, regardless of its nature or value, is obtained by embezzlement, false

  20. Section 53a-124 - Larceny in the third degree: Class D felony

    Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-124   Cited 6 times

    (a) A person is guilty of larceny in the third degree when such person commits larceny, as defined in section 53a-119, and: (1) The value of the property or service exceeds two thousand dollars; (2) the property consists of a public record, writing or instrument kept, held or deposited according to law with or in the keeping of any public office or public servant; or (3) the property consists of a sample, culture, microorganism, specimen, record, recording, document, drawing or any other article