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Misdemeanor False Imprisonment Not a Crime of Moral Turpitude

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An appellate court held that a conviction for misdemeanor false imprisonment in violation of California Penal Code Sec. 236 is not a categorical crime of moral turpitude since it does not require an intent to harm.
 

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision November 5, 2010 that the court had jurisdiction to review of Board of Immigration Appeals' decision that alien was removable where BIA issued its ruling in 2005 based on alien's conviction for an aggravated felony and two crimes of moral turpitude, then granted reconsideration and affirmed its decision with r

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