Monday, December 2, 2019

12/2/19: Two crimes of violence

In two recent decisions the Ninth Circuit held that:

1. assault with a dangerous weapon described in 18 U.S.C. § 113(a)(3) is a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A).   United States v. Gobert, --- F.3d ---, No. 17-35970 (9th Cir. 2019)

2. armed robbery involving controlled substances described in 18 U.S.C. § 2118(c)(1) is a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A).  United States v. Burke, --- F.3d ---, No. 17-35446 (9th Cir. 2019)

The cases use the same reasoning to reach the same result.  Nothing else to report on them.