Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Pino v. Landon
75 S. Ct. 576
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1955-04-11
- Topic
- general
holding that the federal immigration law word “conviction” requires “finality” despite state law precedent suggesting the contrary | holding that the disposition in question lacked a sufficient degree of finality to constitute a final con- viction that would support a finding of deportability | making no distinction between this type of direct appeal and an appeal that had to be taken within a time cer- tain
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- 37 opinions
Certiorari, 348 U. S. 870, to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Per Curiam:On the record here we are unable to say that the conviction has attained such finality as to support an order of deportation within the contemplation of § 241 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. The judgment is reversed.