Criminal Defense of Immigrants

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§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

§ 20.30 (C)

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(C) State Department Policy. In addition, the State Department rule in issuing visas is that a person will not be found inadmissible for a moral turpitude offense committed (1) while the person was under 15, or (2) between the person’s 15th and 18th birthdays, unless the person was convicted as an adult for a felony involving violence, as defined in 18 U.S.C. § § 1 and 16. If the person committed two crimes involving moral turpitude between the ages of 15 and 18, however, s/he will be inadmissible.[210]

[210] 22 C.F.R. § § 40.21(a)(2), (3).