Escobar Barraza v. Mukasey

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• holding that “[t]he only plausible understanding of [section 212(a)(2)(A)(i)(II)] is that ‘as defined in [21 U.S.C. 802]’ modifies ‘controlled substance’ and nothing else”
• holding that offense for possession of drug paraphernalia designed for use with personal-possession quantities of marijuana is an offense relating to possession of 30 grams or less of marijuana under statute
• holding that one convicted of possession of drug paraphernalia may be eligible for a § 1182(h) waiver where the paraphernalia related to the use of marijuana “and the implied quantity is under 30 grams”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).