Legal Opinion
United States v. Velazquez-Overa
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 18, 1996No. 96-40216PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:
This appeal requires the court to resolve a question of first impression in this circuit: whether a state penal statute proscribing indecency with a child is a crime of violence for the purpose of sentence enhancement under Section 2L1.2 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines. We hold that indecency with a child involving sexual contact, a felony under Texas law, is a crime of violence because it entails a substantial risk that physical force may be used against the victim. Rejecting the appellant’s attacks on the sentence imposed by the district court, we affirm…
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