Blanche v. Lau · ¶83

Lau took a short trip to China after he was charged with—but not yet convicted of—selling counterfeit Coogi shorts in New Jersey. The parties agree that, upon his return home, Lau was divested of his already-admitted status, deemed an applicant for admission, and paroled solely on the basis of the indictment. The border officers had neither a conviction nor a confession, and they did not have any evidence to rebut Lau’s sworn statements that he “did not know exactly what was contained in the boxes that [he] stored in the” warehouse. App. 16. It is a fundamental maxim in our country that all are innocent until proven guilty. Lau’s indictment alone was insufficient to establish by “clear and convincing evidence” that he had already “committed” a crime involving moral turpitude.

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