United States v. John Rudy Mendez, United States of America v. John Chavez

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• concluding that a conspiracy to rob in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a crime of violence under the residual clause of § 924(c)(3)
• observing that a substantive Hobbs Act robbery offense \indisputably qualifies as a crime of violence\
• observing that a substantive Hobbs Act robbery offense “indisputably qualifies as a crime of violence”
• finding that 28 1 conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce by robbery by its nature involves a 2 substantial risk of force within the meaning of § 924(c)(3)(B)
• cutting off definition of robbery after “by means of actual or threatened force, or violence,” and omitting “or fear of injury, immediate or future”
• “[W]here a defendant has been convicted under a statute describing crimes of both violence and non- violence, we need only find that the charged crime for which the defendant was convicted constitutes a ‘crime of violence.’”

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