Legal Opinion
United States v. Gregorio Gonzalez-Longoria
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 10, 2016No. 15-40041PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, we address for the first time whether 18 U.S.C. § 16’s statutory definition of “crime of violence” is unconstitutionally vague. We consider this question in the light of the Supreme Court’s recent holding that a similar provision of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) is unconstitutionally vague. Johnson v. United States, — U.S.—, 135 S.Ct. 2551, 192 L.Ed.2d 569 (2015). In Johnson, the Court held that the ACCA violated the constitutional prohibition against vague criminal statutes by defining “violent felony” as any crime that “is burglary,…
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