The Supreme Court, in an 11-page opinion by ailing Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, sided with a Haitian immigrant in a drunken driving case Tuesday, saying that a DUI is not a "crime of violence" that allows the government to deport a permanent resident. Later this term, the Court will rule on two other immigration cases in which the government argues it should have wide discretion to send back or detain foreigners because of heightened security concerns since Sept. 11, 2001.
November 10, 2004 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A drunken driving accident is not a “crime of violence” allowing the government to deport a permanent resident, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in the first of three cases this term delineating the rights of immigrants.
In an 11-page opinion by ailing Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, the court ruled unanimously in favor of Josue Leocal, a Florida man who challenged his deportation to Haiti in 2002 after pleading guilty to a felony charge of drunken driving.
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