560 U.S. 563 (2010) Cited 970 times 16 Legal Analyses
Holding that courts should look to the “conviction itself,” rather than a crime or sentence with which the defendant “could have been” charged or assigned, in determining whether a previous conviction is an aggravated felony under the INA
Finding the "realistic probability" test inapplicable where the statute's "elements ... are clear, and the ability of the government to prosecute a defendant under [the statute] is not disputed"
Explaining that application of the categorical approach is proper for determining whether an alien was "convicted of . . . a crime involving moral turpitude" under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(l)
Finding the petitioner's conviction of false identification to a police officer in violation of Minnesota state law to not be a CIMT when applying the modified categorical approach
Holding that Silva–Trevino was not entitled to deference because “[t]here is nothing in the substantive definition of a CIMT” that allows courts to “look to conduct that an alien ‘committed’ to determine the acts he has been ‘convicted of’ ”
Granting alien's petition for review “[b]ecause the Attorney General's determination of the appropriate methodology is controlling, and because the Board did not use that methodology in Mata–Guerrero's case”