Legal Opinion
McCann v. Bryon L. Rosquist, D.C., P.C.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 3, 1999No. 98-4049PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUCERO, Circuit Judge.
This case requires us to determine whether the Utah criminal offense of forcible sexual abuse, Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-404, constitutes a “crime of violence” within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 16. Because we conclude that the offense of forcible sexual abuse prohibited in the Utah statute implicates a significant risk of application of physical force, we reverse the district court’s dismissal of plaintiffs’ complaint for failure to state a cause of action under the Gender Motivated Violence Act (GMVA), the civil liability provision of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA),…
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