HB 218 - Prohibits Use of Risk of Deportation as a Factor in a Felony Case Referral - Alaska Key Vote

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Title: Prohibits Use of Risk of Deportation as a Factor in a Felony Case Referral

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Title: Prohibits Use of Risk of Deportation as a Factor in a Felony Case Referral

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Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that prohibits the use "risk of deportation" as a factor in a felony case referral to a 3 judge panel, effective July 1, 2014.

Highlights:

  • Prohibits a court from referring a felony case to a 3 judge panel if the referral is based on the claim that a sentence may result in the classification of the defendant as “deportable” under federal immigration law (Sec. 3).
  • Prohibits the defendant from establishing, or a 3 judge panel from finding, that “manifest injustice” would result from a sentence that may result in the classification of the defendant as “deportable” under federal immigration law (Sec. 4).

Title: Prohibits Use of Risk of Deportation as a Factor in a Felony Case Referral

Title: Prohibits Use of Risk of Deportation as a Factor in a Felony Case Referral

NOTE: THIS VOTE RECONSIDERS A PREVIOUS VOTE.

Title: Prohibits Use of Risk of Deportation as a Factor in a Felony Case Referral

Title: Prohibits Use of Risk of Deportation as a Factor in a Felony Case Referral

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