Crimes of Moral Turpitude



 
 

§ 10.13 (B)

 
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(B)

Exclusion.  A JRAD additionally precludes a CMT conviction from being used as a basis of inadmissibility.[172]


[172] United States v. Castro, 26 F.3d 557, 557 n.2 (5th Cir. 1994) (judicial recommendation against deportation prevents use of a conviction to exclude a noncitizen from entering the United States); Santos v. Kolb, 880 F.2d 941, 942 nn.1 & 2 (7th Cir. 1989), cert. den., 493 U.S. 1059, 110 S.Ct. 873, 107 L.Ed.2d 956 (1990); Rasmussen v. Robinson, 163 F.2d 732 (3d Cir. 1947) (JRAD prevents use of the conviction as basis of inadmissibility); United States v. Sanchez-Guzman, 744 F.Supp. 997, 999-1000 n.5 (E.D.Wash.1990); Matter of K, 9 I. & N. Dec. 121 (BIA 1960); Matter of C, 6 I. & N. Dec. 709 (BIA 1955); Matter of H, 3 I. & N. Dec. 236 (BIA 1948) (properly issued judicial recommendation against “deportation” effectively prevents exclusion on account of the conviction of a crime of moral turpitude for which it was issued).

 

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