The Second Circuit has determined that an Arkansas conviction for abuse of a corpse is not categorically a crime involving moral turpitude because it includes mere disinterment of a corpse. The court also concluded that the statute is divisible between disinterment and mistreatment of a corpse.

The full text of Giron-Molina v. Garland can be found here:

https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/db521802-9889-4682-9b27-66095f2ebbfd/7/doc/22-6243_amd_opn.pdf#xml=https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/db521802-9889-4682-9b27-66095f2ebbfd/7/hilite/

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