· 8/31/2010
United States v. Rainer
Citations
- 616 F.3d 1212
- 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 18153
- 2010 WL 3397366
How courts have described this case
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- explaining that “a conviction under a non-generic burglary statute” still qualifies as a violent felony under the ACCA’s enumerated-offenses clause “if the indictment shows that the defendant was charged only with a burglary of a building”
- “The definitional focus [of generic burglary] is on the nature of the property or place, not on the nature of its use at the time of the crime.”
- “The definitional focus [of generic burglary] is on the nature of the property or place, not on the nature of its use at the time of the crime.”
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Judges: Tjoflat, Carnes, Cox
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