United States v. Margarito Flores-Cordero

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• holding that “an Arizona conviction for resting arrest cannot be considered categorically a crime of violence under the federal Sentencing Guidelines”
• resisting arrest statute criminalizing even a “minor scuffle” did not qualify as a crime of violence
• “Under prevailing Arizona law, the use of minimal force is sufficient to constitute ‘resisting arrest,’ ” and therefore does not meet the requirements of Johnson
• “[A]n Arizona conviction for resisting arrest cannot be considered categorically a crime of violence under the federal Sentencing Guidelines.”
• “We must now [after Johnson] conclude that conviction of ‘resisting arrest’ under Arizona law is not categorically a crime of violence within the meaning of federal law, and that our decision in Estrada-Rodriguez[ v. Mukasey, 512 F.3d 517 (9th Cir. 2007

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