Legal Opinion
SERNA
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1992No. ID 3188PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #3188 MATTER OF SERNA In Deportation Proceedings A-26757902 Decided by Board October 14, 1992 (I) Neither the seriousness of a criminal offense nor the severity of the sentence imposed therefor is determinative of whether a crime involves moral turpitude. (2) A conviction under
18 U.S.C. § 1546
(1982) for possession of an altered immigration document with knowledge that it was altered, but without its use or proof of any intent to use it unlawfully, is not a conviction for a crime involving moral turpitude. CHARGE: Order. Act of 1952—Sec. 241(a)(1) [
8 U.S.C. § 1251
(aX1))—Excluda…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- LOZADABoard of Immigration Appeals · 1988
- Jordan v. De GeorgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Fong Haw Tan v. PhelanSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- FLORESBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1980
- Percy Briggs Wadman v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by71 opinions
- People v. Superior Court (Zamudio)California Supreme Court · 2000
- Jean Patrick Michel v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
- Jan Knapik v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004
- Omagah v. AshcroftCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2002
- AJAMIBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1999
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