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· 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

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

  • 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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