Legal Opinion
United States v. Raul Vivas-Ceja
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 22, 2015No. 15-1770PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Raul Vivas-Ceja pleaded guilty to illegally reentering the United States after removal, the maximum sentence for which is raised to 20 years if the defendant has been convicted of an “aggravated felony” prior to removal. See 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2). As relevant here, the definition of “aggravated felony” is supplied by the definition of “crime of violence” in 18 U.S.C. § 16(b), which includes “any ... offense that is a felony and that, by its nature, involves a substantial risk that physical force against the person or property of another may be used in the course of…
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