The Ninth Circuit has declined a request for rehearing on the issue as of whether the term “crime involving moral turpitude” is unconstitutionally vague. In so doing, the Court also confirmed that a federal conviction for bribery is a crime involving moral turpitude because the statute requires a “corrupt mind.”

The full text of Martinez de Ryan v. Whitaker can be found here:

http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2018/11/16/15-70759.pdf

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