Legal Opinion
United States v. Juan Ramos
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 15, 2018No. 17-2720PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRoth, Circuit Judge
INTRODUCTION
The government appeals the District Court's determination at sentencing that *603 Juan Ramos is not a "career offender" under Section 4B1.1 of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. That determination was based on the conclusion that Ramos's prior state court conviction for aggravated assault is not a predicate "crime of violence," as that term is defined in the Guidelines. We disagree with that conclusion. Applying the modified categorical approach to Pennsylvania's divisible aggravated assault statute, we hold that Ramos's prior conviction for second-degree aggravated assault with a deadly…
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