The Eighth Circuit has found that Minnesota's diversion program - which requires a defendant to admit facts sufficient to warrant a guilty finding - qualifies as a conviction for immigration purposes.  In the instant case, the petitioner was ordered to pay restitution and complete community service hours, and the circuit court determined that these requirements qualified as a restraint on the petitioner's liberty.

The full text of Mendoza-Saenz v. Sessions can be found here:

http://media.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/17/06/161256P.pdf

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