The Eighth Circuit has determined that Nebraska’s false reporting statute is overbroad and divisible with respect to the issue of moral turpitude. The court then determined that subsection (1)(a) requires a specific intent to deceive a police officer, and as such, qualifies as a crime involving moral turpitude.

The full text of Adame-Hernandez v. Barr can be found here:

https://ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/19/07/173668P.pdf

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