Legal Opinion
Fong Haw Tan v. Phelan
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 2, 1948No. 370PublishedCited by 349 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
An alien who is “sentenced more than once” to imprisonment for a term of one year or more because of conviction in this country of a crime involving moral turpitude committed after his entry shall, with exceptions not material here, be deported. Section 19 (a) 1 of the Immi gration Act of February 5, 1917, 39 Stat. 889, as amended 54 Stat. 671, 8 U. S. C. § 155 (a). It appears that petitioner, a native of China, was convicted of murder under each of two counts of an indictment, one count charging the murder of one Lai Quan, the other charging the murder on or about the same date of one Ong…
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