Does a federal court error in sentencing a convicted felon in possession constitute a crime of violence?
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The following excerpt is from Hamilton v. U.S., 67 F.3d 761 (9th Cir. 1995):
5 We use the word "error" here with no intent to impugn the actions of the district court. Indeed, it was not until 1992 that this court definitively held that felon in possession was not per se a crime of violence, in the process repudiating our prior holdings to the contrary. See United States v. Sahakian, 965 F.2d 740, 742 (9th Cir.1991). We do not fault the sentencing court for failing to anticipate this change in the law.
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