Criminal Law NYClex: inquiry about CIMT crimes

[Pal_]

NYclex: Where a person can get right information about Crimes of Moral Turpitudes? Is there any website, office etc. I tried couple of lawyers in NJ, none of them were clear about how and when any crime falls into CIMT index. Can you provide us a general definition and what charges come into this CIMT category. In this wbsite, many people are confused.

I think you are the best person to provide answer to this question.

Thanks in advance.
Pal

 

[rj116]

CIMT info

check out the site. they have terrific immigration books but very expensive though. There is some free material available too. They know what they are talking about.
Best site so far I came across.

http://www.criminalandimmigrationlaw.com

 

[NYClex]

There is no "law", no statute that simply says: this crime is a crime of moral turpitude, this crime is not. On the contrary, sometimes it is the same crime, but with different circumstances, that in one case is considered a crime involving moral turpitude, in the other case it is not. So a practitioner always has to check applicable case law, mostly in form of decisions from immigration judges, the immigration appeals board and federal courts.

A standard work is this, but it is really expensive: http://west.thomson.com/store/product.asp?product_id=13514773