The Eleventh Circuit, in an unpublished decision, has deemed a Florida conviction for armed robbery to be a categorical match to the definition of a crime involving moral turpitude.  The court rejected the petitioner's argument that the state crime must match the elements of the federal robbery statute in order to qualify as a crime involving moral turpitude.

The full text of Jaimes-Lopez v. Attorney General can be found here:

http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/unpub/files/201515532.pdf

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