Gordon v. Tennessee Cent. Ry. Co.

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• holding that bank robbery by intimidation has, as an element, the threatened use of physical force
• concluding that the least culpable conduct under § 2113(a) is “robbery by intimidation”
• holding that the bank robbery statute, 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a
• finding that federal bank robbery is a crime of violence under elements clause
• “It is hard to imagine any successful robbery accomplished by threatening some far-removed reprisal that does not involve physical force.”
• \It is hard to imagine any successful robbery accomplished by threatening some far-removed reprisal that does not involve physical force.\

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