United States v. Steven W. Whitfield

How courts have described this case

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• holding that 18 U.S.C. § 924(e) mandates a formal categorical approach looking only to the statutory definitions of the prior offenses, not to the underlying facts
• looking to con- duct alleged in the charging information in a case where the prior con- viction involved the violation of a state statute that prohibited the manufacture, distribution, and possession of controlled substances
• risk to others from carrying concealed weapon \is not so immediate\ as to present serious risk of physical injury
• risk to others from carrying concealed weapon \is not so immediate\ as to present serious risk of physical injury
• possession conviction is not a serious drug offense where it is unclear whether the conviction is for mere possession, or possession with intent to distribute or manufacture
• “Although carrying an illegal weapon may involve a continuing risk to others, the harm is not so immediate as to present[ ] a serious potential risk of physical injury to another.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).