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· 3/26/1993

United States v. Refugio Alberto Cardenas-Alvarez

Citations

  • 987 F.2d 1129
  • 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 6036
  • 1993 WL 85726

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that “the guidelines were devised to and do treat all persons with aggravated felonies who commit this crime equally”
  • explaining that “[t]o graft ‘freedom from official restraint’ onto the crime of attempted entry would make that crime synonymous with actual entry.”
  • “Most courts who have decided what conduct comprises an ‘entry’ have concluded that physical presence in the country is required, as well as freedom from official restraint.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Higginbotham, Smith, Demoss

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