United States v. M.C.E., Juvenile Male, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee

McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether residential burglary is a crime of violence that serves to trigger mandatory transfer to adult status under the federal juvenile crime statute, 18 U.S.C. § 5032. More specifically, we must determine whether “by its very nature [residential burglary] involves a substantial risk that physical force against the person of another may be used in committing the offense.” Id. Based upon Taylor v. United States, 495 U.S. 575, 110 S.Ct. 2143, 109 L.Ed.2d 607 (1990), United States v. Becker, 919 F.2d 568 (9th Cir.1990), and numerous cases in other circuits,…