Bd. could properly find that alien (citizen of Ecuador) was removable based on alien’s 1993 California conviction for possession of counterfeit prescription blanks, which Bd. deemed to be crime involving moral turpitude. Moreover, alien procedurally defaulted his claim that said conviction did not qualify as crime involving moral turpitude, where: (1) alien’s original lawyer conceded before IJ that said conviction was crime involving moral turpitude; and (2) alien’s second lawyer failed to ask Bd. to relieve alien of first lawyer’s concession and further failed to take procedural steps needed to obtain relief based on claim of ineffective assistance of counsel by showing, among other things, that prior attorney had been informed of instant allegations of ineffective professional performance.
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