Legal Opinion
United States v. James Hill, III
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 13, 2019No. 18-4660PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WYNN, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, we confront the issue of whether the federal Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 ("Hate Crimes Act"), 18 U.S.C. § 249 (a)(2), may be constitutionally applied to an unarmed assault of a victim engaged in commercial activity at his place of work. This appears to be an issue of first impression in this Circuit or any other.
Defendant James Hill, III ("Defendant") boastfully admitted to physically and violently assaulting a coworker preparing packages for interstate sale and shipment because of the coworker's sexual orientation. But after a jury convicted…
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