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Ninth Circuit Rules that Sentencing Enhancements can be Considered in Particularly Serious Crime Analysis

The Ninth Circuit has determined that a sentencing enhancement can be considered when determining whether a petitioner has been convicted of a per se particularly serious crime (i.e., whether it is an aggravated felony for which a sentence of at least five years was imposed).

The full text of Mairena v. Barr can be found here:

http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2019/03/07/15-72833.pdf

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