The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that an alien living in the U.S. who is convicted of a crime for which a conviction could be issued for “aiding and abetting” may be deported for the “aggravated felony” of theft. With only a single partial dissent, the Court ruled that “one who aids and abets, like a principal who actually participates, commits a crime that falls within the scope of the generic theft definition” acceped by immigration officials and Circuit Courts.
In an opinion by Justice Stephen G. Breyer, the Court vacated and remanded Gonzales v. Duenas-Alvarez (05-1629) to the Ninth Circuit to consider unresolved additional claims by Luis Alexander Duenas-Alvarez.
This was the only opinion of the day in an argued case.