United States v. Tyrice L. Sawyers

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• holding that violation of Tennessee’s statutory rape law, covering victims aged thirteen to seventeen, did not present a categorical risk of physical injury because, inter alia, “more mature victims” — that is, older teens — were included in the statute
• holding that violations of “statutory rape statutes that include more mature victims 5 [(i.e. seventeen-year-olds)] and do not contain aggravating factors” do not qualify as violent felonies, 6 absent more specific information as to the age of the victim

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