Criminal Defense of Immigrants

(C)  Good Moral Character.  Many forms of relief require a showing of Good Moral Character during a specified period by the applicant.  See § 15.6, infra. A child who is under 14 years of age is presumed to be a person of Good Moral Character.[263]  However, there is no such presumption when a minor noncitizen is tried as an adult, but serves a sentence in juvenile hall.[264]

[263] 8 C.F.R. § 204.2(e)(2)(v).

[264] Matter of CM, 9 I. & N. Dec.  487 (BIA 1961).