United States v. Mario Estrella

How courts have described this case

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• stating that when determining whether a State statute qualifies under the “elements-based” definition of a “crime of violence” in the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, the central question is “whether the crime of conviction ‘has’ the element” of the generic offense
• addressing a Descamps claim raised first in a Rule 28(j) letter after all briefs were filed
• applying the categorical approach to the elements clause of the career offender guideline, U.S.S.G. § 4B1
• applying Shepard- analysis procedure to case involving enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2
• applying Shepard- analysis procedure to case involving enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2
• “The Supreme Court has only approved using the modified categorical approach when a prior conviction is for violating a so-called ‘divisible statute.’” (quotation marks omitted)

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