Second Circuit Declines to Give Retroactive Effect to New York Sentencing Reform

The Second Circuit has declined to give retroactive effect to New York’s sentencing reform for misdemeanors (reducing the maximum sentence from 365 to 364 days of incarceration) in immigration proceedings.

The full text of Vasquez v. Garland can be found here:

https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/fe90911e-cb1d-4077-83eb-4b6a4ff087c6/9/doc/21-6380_complete_opn.pdf#xml=https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/fe90911e-cb1d-4077-83eb-4b6a4ff087c6/9/hilite/