Criminal Defense of Immigrants
Chapter
- §20.1 I. Summary for Criminal Defense Attorneys
- §20.2 II. General Definition
- §20.3 A. Intent Requirement
- §20.4 1. Intent to Commit Certain Acts
- §20.5 a. Intent to Steal
- §20.6 b. Fraudulent Intent
- §20.7 c. Intent to Inflict Bodily Harm
- §20.8 d. Lewd Intent
- §20.9 2. Varieties of Criminal Intent
- §20.10 a. Strict Liability (i.e., No Criminal Intent)
- §20.11 b. General Intent (to Commit an Act)
- §20.12 c. Intent to Break the Law
- §20.13 d. Negligence
- §20.14 e. Gross Negligence
- §20.15 f. Recklessness
- §20.16 g. Malice
- §20.17 h. Willfulness or Knowledge
- §20.18 3. Differing Definitions of Intent
- §20.19 B. Requirement of "Crime"
- §20.20 C. Gravity of Offense or Sentence
- §20.21 D. Significance of U.S. Contemporary Standards
- §20.22 E. Regulatory Offenses
- §20.23 F. Target Offenses
- §20.24 G. Non-Substantive Offenses
- §20.25 III. Inadmissibility Resulting from 1 CMT Conviction or Admission
- §20.26 A. Elements of the Inadmissibility Ground
- §20.27 1. Conviction
- §20.28 2. Admission
- §20.29 B. The Petty Offense Exception
- §20.30 C. The Youthful Offender Exception
- §20.31 D. The Political Offense Exception
- §20.32 IV. Deportation Resulting from 1 Conviction
- §20.33 A. Elements of Ground of Deportation
- §20.34 B. Sentence Requirement
- §20.35 1. Maximum Sentence of 1 Year
- §20.36 2. Former Sentence Requirement
- §20.37 C. Date of Commission
- §20.38 V. Deportability Resulting From 2 or More CMT Convictions
- §20.39 A. Elements of the Deportation Ground
- §20.40 B. Single Scheme Exception
- §20.41 C. Effect of Previous Grant of Relief
- §20.42 VI. Immigration Consequences of Crimes of Moral Turpitude
- §20.43 A. General Immigration Consequences
- §20.44 B. Eligibility for Relief
- §20.45 C. Relationship to Other Grounds of Removal
- §20.46 D. Post-Conviction Relief
§ 20.6 b. Fraudulent Intent
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Two types of intent will be discussed here: (1) the classic intent to defraud, and (2) an intent to defraud the government, which has been defined as an intent to interfere with governmental operations.
