Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Seventh Circuit -- Manuel de Jesus Fami v. Eric Holder

Manuel de Jesus Fami v. Eric Holder

   Guilty plea to aiding & abetting importation for purposes of prostitution -- petitioner provided condoms to brothels.  Court holds this to be not a violent felony.

Many aiding and abetting convictions are atypical of the generic crime.

Error in applying modified categorical approach, although statute is divisible - better to consider charging instrument, etc but not to the extent of circumstance-specific analysis.






Compiled by D.E. Frydrychowski, who is, not incidentally, not giving you legal advice.

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