conviction
Defined in 7 places across 4 titles of the United States Code.
(A) The term "conviction" means, with respect to an alien, a formal judgment of guilt of the alien entered by a court or, if adjudication of guilt has been withheld, where—
(i) a judge or jury has found the alien guilty or the alien has entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or has admitted sufficient facts to warrant a finding of guilt, and
(ii) the judge has ordered some form of punishment, penalty, or restraint on the alien's liberty to be imposed.
(B) Any reference to a term of imprisonment or a sentence with respect to an offense is deemed to include the period of incarceration or confinement ordered by a court of law regardless of any suspension of the imposition or execution of that imprisonment or sentence in whole or in part.
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- 1996–20238 U.S.C. § 1101Aliens and Nationality · Definitions · as used in this chapter
“Conviction” and “convicted” mean the final judgment on a verdict or finding of guilty, a plea of guilty, or a plea of nolo contendere, but do not include a final judgment which has been expunged by pardon, reversed, set aside or otherwise rendered nugatory.
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- 1995–present28 U.S.C. § 2901Judiciary and Judicial Procedure · 2901 to 2906. Repealed. Pub. L. 106310, div. B, title XXXIV, 3405(c)(1), Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1221] · as used in this chapter
“conviction” includes a finding, under State or Federal law, that a person has committed an act of juvenile delinquency involving a violent or controlled substances felony.
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- 1994–202618 U.S.C. § 521Crimes and Criminal Procedure · Criminal street gangs · in this section
“conviction” includes a finding, under State or Federal law, that a person has committed an act of juvenile delinquency involving a violent or controlled substances felony.
(A) that has as 1 of its primary purposes the commission of 1 or more of the criminal offenses described in subsection (c);
(B) the members of which engage, or have engaged within the past 5 years, in a continuing series of offenses described in subsection (c); and
(C) the activities of which affect interstate or foreign commerce.
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- 2026–present18 U.S.C. § 521Crimes and Criminal Procedure · Criminal street gangs · in this section
Conviction.—The term “conviction” means a finding of guilt (including a plea of nolo contendere), an imposition of sentence, or both, by a judicial body charged with the responsibility to determine violations of Federal or State criminal drug statutes.
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- 2010–202641 U.S.C. § 8101Public Contracts · Definitions and construction · in this chapter
the term “conviction” includes a finding that a person has committed an act of juvenile delinquency involving a violent felony.
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- 1994–present18 U.S.C. § 924Crimes and Criminal Procedure · Penalties · under this title
The term “conviction” means a finding of guilt (including a plea of nolo contendere), an imposition of sentence, or both, by a judicial body charged with the responsibility to determine violations of Federal or State criminal drug statutes.
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- 2026–present41 U.S.C. § 8101Public Contracts · Definitions and construction · in this chapter
the term “conviction” means a finding of guilt (including a plea of nolo contendere) or imposition of sentence, or both, by any judicial body charged with the responsibility to determine violations of the Federal or State criminal drug statutes;
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- 1994–present41 U.S.C. § 706Public Contracts · Definitions · for purposes of this chapter
The term “conviction” means, with respect to an alien, a formal judgment of guilt of the alien entered by a court or, if adjudication of guilt has been withheld, where—
(i) a judge or jury has found the alien guilty or the alien has entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or has admitted sufficient facts to warrant a finding of guilt, and
(ii) the judge has ordered some form of punishment, penalty, or restraint on the alien’s liberty to be imposed.
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- 2013–present8 U.S.C. § 1101Aliens and Nationality · Definitions · as used in this chapter
the term “conviction” shall include a conviction under the law of any State for a crime punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 year, an element of which is unauthorized access, or exceeding authorized access, to a computer;
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- 2001–present18 U.S.C. § 1030Crimes and Criminal Procedure · Fraud and related activity in connection with computers · as used in this section