University of Cincinnati College of LawMarianna Brown BettmanJune 23, 2015
Prior to 1996, there was no definition of conviction in the INA. See Matter or Roldan (BIA 1999),2 Int. Dec.# 3377,22 I&N Dec. 512, 514-15 (see http://www.ju stice.gov/eoir/vll/intdec/vol22/3377.pdf.