Tooby's California Post-Conviction Relief for Immigrants
Chapter 9. Motions to Reduce the Level of the Offense
- §9.1 I. Introduction
- §9.2 II. Immigration Consequences of Reducing Level of Offense
- §9.3 A. Most Recent Sentence Controls
- §9.4 B. Felonies and Misdemeanors in Immigration Law
- §9.5 1. Petty Offense Exception
- §9.6 2. Crimes of Violence Under 18 U.S.C. 16(b)
- §9.7 3. Immigration Effects of Felony Conviction
- §9.8 4. Immigration Effects of Misdemeanor Conviction
- §9.9 C. Felonies and Misdemeanors Under California Law
- §9.10 1. Non-Reducible Felonies
- §9.11 2. Reducible Felony-Misdemeanors
- §9.12 D. Reduction of Maximum Sentence
- §9.13 1. Petty Offense Exception
- §9.14 2. Single Crime of Moral Turpitude Deportation Ground
- §9.15 III. Post-Conviction Reduction of Felony to Misdemeanor
- §9.16 A. Motion to Reduce Felony to Misdemeanor
- §9.17 1. Basic Requirements
- §9.18 2. Reducible Offenses
- §9.19 3. The Required Sentence
- §9.20 a. Generally
- §9.21 b. Suspended Prison Sentence Prevents Reduction
- §9.22 4. Standard for Granting the Reduction
- §9.23 5. Procedure
- §9.24 6. Timing of the Motion
- §9.25 7. Reduction After Termination of Probation
- §9.26 8. Reduction After Grant of Expungement
- §9.27 9. Review of Grant or Denial of Motion to Reduce
- §9.28 10. Criminal Effects of Reduction
- §9.29 B. Honorable Discharge from California Youth Authority
- §9.30 IV. Motion to Reduce Misdemeanor to Infraction
- §9.31 A. Definition of Misdemeanor Conviction
- §9.32 B. Immigration Effections of Infractions
- §9.33 C. Criminal Benefits of Reducing Misdemeanors to Infractions
- §9.34 D. Motions to Reduce Misdemeanors to Infractions
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