United States v. Harcum

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that under the categorical approach we analyze the offense “generically—that is, by relying solely on its essential elements, rather than on the particular underlying facts” (citation omitted)
• explaining the two potential approaches in the context of ACCA predicate offenses
• “[W]hen the fact of conviction and the statutory definition of the offense are unduly vague or ambiguous, a sentencing court is entitled to 19 turn to and apply the alternative ‘modified categorical’ approach.”

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