United States v. Venegas-Ornelas

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• holding that the defendant’s prior residential trespass conviction was a “crime of violence” under 18 U.S.C. § 16(b
• holding that first degree criminal trespass involving the unauthorized entry into a dwelling, as defined by Colorado law, by its nature, carries a substantial risk that violent force will be used against a person or property
• an intruder “will often encounter resistance either from occupants or structural barriers in ‘entering or remaining’ in someone’s dwelling unlawfully, regardless of the [intruder’s] intent in being there”
• residential trespass is a crime of violence

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