Serge Chery v. John Ashcroft, United States Attorney General

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• holding that a Connecticut conviction for sexual assault is a crime of violence under § 16(b)
• recognizing that where consent is not — or cannot be — given to rape, the crime “inherently involves a substantial risk that physical force may be used” in its commission (emphasis in original)
• recognizing that where consent is not — or cannot be — given to rape, the crime \ inherently involves a substantial risk that physical force may be used\ in its commission (emphasis in original)
• holding statutory rape a crime of violence even though defendant may be convicted where no actual force is used
• holding statutory rape a crime of violence even though defendant may be convicted where no actual force is used
• “We retain jurisdiction .... to determine whether [petitioner] has been convicted of an aggravated felony....”

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