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§ 4.5 B. The Petty Offense Exception

 





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Since so many offenses can be classified as crimes involving moral turpitude, many noncitizens risk being excluded even for minor convictions.  Coming within the Petty Offense Exception is one way to avoid this exclusion.  This exception excuses inadmissibility, but not deportability,[92] on account of a conviction of, or admission of committing, one crime of moral turpitude.  It does not excuse any other ground of inadmissibility, such as a drug conviction.[93]  (For analogous authorities, see discussion of Youthful Offender Exception, § 4.5, infra.[94]
  
        
[92] Compare INA §  212(a)(2)(A)(ii)(II), 8 U.S.C. §  1182(a)(2)(A)(ii)(II), with INA §  237(a)(2)(A)(i), 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)(A)(i).
    
[93] See Matter of GA, 7 I. & N. Dec. 274 (BIA 1956).
    
[94] See also N. Tooby & J. Rollin, Criminal Defense of Immigrants § §  12.33, 20.29 (4th Ed. 2007).

  









 

	

	 

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