Ramon Acosta v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States

How courts have described this case

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• holding that state legislature cannot determine how the term “conviction” in the INA is to be construed
• concluding that “it seems plain that rational-basis review is satisfied here”
• noting that a state legislature “obviously cannot dictate how the term ‘conviction’ is to be construed under federal law”
• concluding that “it seems plain that rational-basis review is satisfied here”
• noting that a state “[l]egislature obviously cannot dictate how the term ‘conviction’ is to be construed under federal law”
• offender “convicted” even when charges ultimately dismissed without an adjudication of guilt after successful completion of probation

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