Holding that a state statute making it unlawful for a person 18 or older to sexually touch a child or solicit a child to engage in a sex act (among other things) is inherently an aggravated felony for purposes of U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b), which at that time defined “aggravated felony” as any crime of violence as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 16
Holding that categorical analysis of an almost identical statute "does not require an exploration of the underlying facts . . . [but] study of the statutory definition of the particular offense. . . ."
Holding statutory rape is a crime of violence under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2 notwithstanding “that the acts with the child were consensual and did not involve physicalviolence”
Concluding that it was reasonable and permissible to measure an indeterminate sentence "by the possible maximum term of imprisonment" for purposes of 8 U.S.C. § 1101, and noting that this was consistent with U.S.S.G. § 4A1.2(b)
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Finding notice and comment rulemaking is required for the agency's interim rule recognizing fear of coercive family practices as basis for refugee status
Providing that a court sentencing a felon other than a class "A" felon to confinement "shall commit the person into the custody of the director of the Iowa department of corrections for an indeterminate term"