United States v. Rivera-Oros

How courts have described this case

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• finding the definition of “dwelling” includes any “enclosed space that is used or intended for use as a human habitation”
• finding the definition of \dwelling\ includes any \enclosed space that is used or intended for use as a human habitation\
• looking to, inter alia, Black’s Law Dictionary’s definition of “dwelling,” and the Commission’s “heightened concern for harms associated with residential burglaries” in concluding “dwelling” is not limited to permanent, immovable structures
• looking at “a wide range of sources . . . including federal and state statutes, the Model Penal Code, dictionaries, and treatises” to define the generic, contemporary meaning of an offense under the Guidelines
• “The label that a state attaches to a crime under its laws does not determine whether it is a Guidelines enumerated offense.”
• “We look to a wide range of sources to determine the generic meaning of an enumerated offense, including federal and state statutes, the Model Penal Code, dictionaries, and treatises.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).