Is a crime of violence a criminal offence?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Morris v. Holder, 676 F.3d 309 (2nd Cir. 2012):
as a crime of violence those felony offenses that naturally involve a person acting in disregard of the risk that physical force might be used against another in committing an offense. Id. at 169 (quoting Leocal v. Ashcroft, 543 U.S. 1, 10, 125 S.Ct. 377, 160 L.Ed.2d 271 (2004)).
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