United States Ninth Circuit

Sentence of imprisonment for illegal reentry after deportation is vacated where the district court erred in holding Acosta-Chavez's crime to be a "crime of violence," an error that resulted from its application of the modified categorical approach when it compared the elements of defendant's offense with the elements of its federal analogue.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/14/2013
• Published 08/14/2013

Judges

• Wood

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

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