Barragan-Lopez v. Mukasey

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• explaining that when the conviction for solicitation is not for “unspecified criminal conduct,” the court considers the “underlying crime[] in determining whether convictions for inchoate offenses constitute crimes involving moral turpitude”
• addressing solicitation to possess over four pounds of marijuana for sale under Arizona law
• examining underlying crime to determine whether solicitation offense was one involving moral turpitude
• “Barragan-Lopez’s own admissions constitute clear, convincing, and unequivocal evidence, and therefore we conclude that the government met its evidentiary burden of demonstrating removability.”
• because petitioner’s admissions at pleadings stage constitute clear, convincing, and unequivocal evidence of removability, the government met its evidentiary burden of demonstrating removability
• “Barragan-Lopez’s own admissions 7 constitute clear, convincing, and unequivocal evidence, and 8 therefore we conclude that the government met its 9 evidentiary burden of demonstrating removability.”

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