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Ninth Circuit Affirms Precedent Finding that California Conviction for Making Criminal Threats is a Crime of Violence


August 2, 2016
by Sabrina Damast

The Ninth Circuit has affirmed its previous finding that a conviction under section 422 of the California Penal Code is a crime of violence aggravated felony.  In so doing, it rejected contrary case law from two other circuits.  

The full text of Arellano Hernandez v. Lynch can be found here:

http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2016/08/01/11-72286.pdf

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