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· 9/19/2013

United States v. Troy Hockenberry

Citations

  • 730 F.3d 645
  • 2013 WL 5272926
  • 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 19296

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding when considering comprehensiveness of inventory list, officer’s use of discretion does not necessarily violate Fourth Amendment
  • noting the distinction between “rely[ing] on unchallenged PSR findings to establish the existence of prior convictions” 8 and using PSR findings “to establish the specific nature of a conviction” (second emphasis added)
  • Pennsylvania burglary statute divisible under Descamps because it “lists alternative elements in the statutory text”
  • “[T]he district court’s categorization of [defendant’s] fleeing or attempting to elude conviction as a violent felony was plain error.”
  • “In considering whether an offense is a violent felony, the Court must employ a categorical approach.”

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Judges: Griffin, Moore, Sargus

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