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· 7/26/1999

United States v. Henry Nash Riley

Citations

  • 183 F.3d 1155
  • 99 Daily Journal DAR 7511
  • 99 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 5884
  • 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 17035
  • 1999 WL 528422

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • applying the Taylor categorical approach to a “crime of violence” determination under the career-offender provisions of the Sentencing Guidelines
  • rejecting argument that, because Louisiana “simple rape” offense could be accomplished by trickery or deception, it is not a crime of violence
  • considering \actual charged conduct in the count of which the defendant was convicted\
  • likening simple rape—intercourse without the victim’s law- ful consent—to crimes previously deemed inherently violent
  • attempted “simple rape” is a “crime of violence” for purposes of U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2

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Judges: Pregerson, Boochever, Hawkins

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