Stella Morrison v. Layne Walker

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• explaining that the realistic- probability test applies only when a state statute has an “indeterminate reach” (citation omitted)
• finding that a statute was overbroad because it did not explicitly exempt conduct outside the federal definition
• noting that the parties agreed that the state statute at -6- Hamilton does not identify any Iowa cases or his own case where section 708.3A(3
• noting that there must be a “realistic probability, not a theoretical possibility” that the least of the acts criminalized falls outside the generic federal definition
• refusing to apply the realistic probability test where the statute at issue was “clear on its face”
• rejecting a requirement that petitioners “must prove through specific convictions that unambiguous laws really mean what they say” and adopting a rule that “in applying the categorical approach, state law crimes should be given their plain meaning.” (cleaned up

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