The Third Circuit has determined that a New Jersey conviction for receipt of stolen property in the third degree qualifies as an aggravated felony.  The mens rea element of the statute - which requires a defendant to know the property is stolen or to believe that it is probably stolen - meets the mens rea requirement enumerated in Matter of Deang.  

The full text of Lewin v. Attorney General can be found here:

http://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/171846p.pdf

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