Pascual v. Holder

How courts have described this case

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• affirming that a conviction under NYPL §§ 110 and 220.39(1) for criminal sale of a controlled substance is categorically an aggravated felony offense, including attempted transfer of a controlled substance
• differentiating Pascual from Moncñeffe by distinguishing criminal acts to sell narcotics and marijuana
• requiring “the intent . . . to carry out the transaction”
• New York statute meets the Guidelines definition based on state court decisions defining offer to sell as requiring bona fide offers
• “Without doubt, an offer to sell drugs . . . is both a ‘substantial step’ and an ‘overt act’ in the attempted sale of a controlled substance.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).