Crimes of Moral Turpitude



 
 

§ 9.39 9. Interference with Law Enforcement

 
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Interference with a law enforcement officer by use of a deadly weapon has been held CMT. 

 

Matter of Logan, 17 I. & N. Dec. 367 (BIA 1980) (deemed analogous to assault) (see Gordon § 71.05[1][d][iii][B])).

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Eleventh Circuit

CRIMES OF MORAL TURPITUDE " RESISTING ARREST " RESISTING AN OFFICER WITH VIOLENCE
Cano v. U.S. Attorney General, 709 F.3d 1052 (11th Cir. Feb. 15, 2013) (Florida conviction for resisting an officer with violence, in violation of Fla. Stat. 843.01 [knowingly and willfully resists, obstructs, or opposes any [officer] ... by offering or doing violence to the person of such officer], is a crime involving moral turpitude, because the offense requires intentionally offering or doing violence to the officers person); following United States v. Romo"Villalobos, 674 F.3d 1246, 1250 n.4 (11th Cir. 2012) (rejecting argument that no intent is required for the offering or doing violence element of the crime of resisting an officer with violence, in violation of Fla. Stat. 843.01); see Frey v. State, 708 So.2d 918, 919"20 (Fla.1998).
CRIMES OF MORAL TURPITUDE " RESISTING ARREST " RESISTING AN OFFICER WITH VIOLENCE
Cano v. U.S. Attorney General, ___ F.3d ___, 2013 WL 557171 (11th Cir. Feb. 15, 2013) (Florida conviction for resisting an officer with violence, in violation of Fla. Stat. 843.01 [knowingly and willfully resists, obstructs, or opposes any [officer] ... by offering or doing violence to the person of such officer], is a crime involving moral turpitude, because the offense requires intentionally offering or doing violence to the officers person); following United States v. Romo"Villalobos, 674 F.3d 1246, 1250 n.4 (11th Cir. 2012) (rejecting argument that no intent is required for the offering or doing violence element of the crime of resisting an officer with violence, in violation of Fla. Stat. 843.01); see Frey v. State, 708 So.2d 918, 919"20 (Fla.1998).

 

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