Legal Opinion
Hernandez-Cruz v. Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 4, 2014No. 13-3288PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FUENTES, Circuit Judge:
Luis Alberto Hernandez-Cruz petitions for review of his final order of removal. In his petition to this Court, Hernandez-Cruz argues that his Pennsylvania conviction for child endangerment does not constitute a crime involving moral turpitude (“CIMT”) because his statute of conviction “may be violated without impheating conduct that the Board ... has defined as— inherently base, vile, or depraved.” Petitioner’s Br. 10. We agree. Applying the categorical approach, we conclude that the least culpable conduct criminalized under Pennsylvania’s child…
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