Legal Opinion
Godinez-Arroyo v. Mukasey
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 28, 2008No. 06-4039PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MELLOY, Circuit Judge.
Edi Javier Godinez-Arroyo petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision ordering him removed from the United States because of his conviction for a crime “involving moral turpitude.” See 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)® (providing that aliens convicted of “a crime involving moral turpitude” are subject to removal). The BIA determined that Godinez-Arroyo’s second-degree assault conviction for “recklessly causing] serious physical injury to another person” is a conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude. Godinez-Arroyo asserts the BIA erred in this…
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