Does the Bail Reform Act prohibit a violent crime of violence under the Hobbs Act?
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The following excerpt is from United States v. Barrett, 903 F.3d 166 (2nd Cir. 2018):
6 Hill certainly used violentindeed, deadlyforce when, in the course of a Hobbs Act robbery, he shot and killed his target, a livery cab driver, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 924(j)(1). See United States v. Hill , 890 F.3d at 5253.
7 The Bail Reform Act defines a "crime of violence" similarly to 924(c)(3), as follows:
18 U.S.C. 3156(a)(4).
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