DAVIS

Interim Decision #2706 MATTER OF DAVIS In Deportation Proceedings .A.-20489522 Decided by Board May 31, 1979 (1) For a marihuana conviction to fall within section 241(a)(11) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1251(a)(11), the conviction must be for illicit possession or sale, and a conviction under a statute imposing strict liability for sale of marihuana is not sufficient. Lennon v. INS,

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(2 Cir. 1975). (2) Where a statute by its terms does not provide for a defense based on lack of guilty knowledge, and no judicial interpretations are offered showing that the statute…