PEREZ RAMIREZ

Citations

• 25 I. & N. Dec. 203

Syllabus

PEREZ RAMIREZ,25 I&N Dec. 203 (BIA 2010) ID 3675 (PDF) (1) Where a criminal alien's sentence has been modified to include a term of imprisonment following a violation of probation, the resulting sentence to confinement is considered to be part of the penalty imposed for the original underlying crime, rather than punishment for a separate offense. (2) An alien's misdemeanor conviction for willful infliction of corporal injury on a spouse in violation of section 273.5(a) of the California Penal Code qualifies categorically as a conviction for a \crime of violence\ within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 16(a) (2006).