Legal Opinion
THOMAS
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1995No. ID 3245PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #3245 Interim Decision #3245 In re Patrick Norman THOMAS, Respondent File A72 477 545 - Fishkill Decided April 28, 1995 U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeals (1) Inasmuch as a conviction does not attain a sufficient degree of finality for immigration pur- poses until direct appellate review has been exhausted or waived, a non-final conviction cannot support a charge of deportability, and likewise does not trigger a statutory bar to relief, under a section of the Immigration and Nationality Act premised on the existence…
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