Lee v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION COLLIS LEE, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) Case No. 4:23-cv-485 HEA ) USA, ) ) Respondent. ) OPINION, MEMORANDUM AND ORDER This matter is before the Court on Petitioner’s Motion to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence, in which Petitioner argues that his conviction for robbery under the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), cannot not serve as a predicate “crime of violence” to support his additional conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). Petitioner argues his conviction was for a Hobbs Act “attempt,” and therefore is not a crime…