The Eighth Circuit has determined that Minnesota convictions for Criminal Sexual Conduct in the Fifth Degree and Failure to Register as a Sex Offender are both crimes involving moral turpitude. In so doing, the court deferred to the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision in Matter of Tobar-Lobo. “We see no bright line rule that excludes a regulatory offense from the scope of the statute when it involves reprehensible conduct and a culpable mental state.”
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