The Second Circuit has determined that a conviction for possession of child pornography in New York is an aggravated felony.  Applying the Supreme Court's recent decision in Torres v. Lynch, the court determined that a state conviction need not contain an element involving interstate commerce in order to match the federal definition of possession of child pornography.

The full text of Weiland v. Lynch can be found here:

http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/eddbff90-990d-4c66-94d7-24b27b67a1c7/3/doc/14-3631_opn.pdf#xml=http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/eddbff90-990d-4c66-94d7-24b27b67a1c7/3/hilite/

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