United States Seventh Circuit

The crime of escape, as a category, involves a "serious potential risk of physical injury to another" and is a crime of violence for purposes of the federal sentencing guidelines, thus an escape conviction from failure to report back to a halfway house qualifies.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/13/2002
• Published 11/13/2002

Judges

• KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, RIPPLE, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Bernard Van Wormer (argued), Office of the U.S. Atty., Hammond, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee., H. Jay Stevens (argued), Indiana Federal Community Defenders, Inc., South Bend, IN, for Defendant-Appellant.