The Eighth Circuit has determined that a Minnesota conviction for obstruction of legal process is not categorically a crime involving moral turpitude. The court emphasized that the statute defines a general intent crime, and “ there is a realistic probability that Minnesota would apply its obstruction of legal process statute to cases that lacked the requisite degree of scienter necessary to constitute a crime involving moral turpitude.” Moreover, the conduct criminalized “need not result in any harm or injury whatsoever.”
The full text of Ortiz v. Barr can be found here: