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U.S. v. GONZALEZ-LONGORIA

No. 15-40041.

813 F.3d 225 (2016)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Gregorio GONZALEZ-LONGORIA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 10, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Renata Ann Gowie , John A. Reed (argued), Assistant U.S. Attorneys, U.S. Attorney's Office, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Evan Gray Howze , Marjorie A. Meyers , Federal Public Defender, Michael Lance Herman, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Margaret Christina Ling (argued), Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before JOLLY, HIGGINSON and COSTA, Circuit Judges.

In this appeal, we address for the first time whether 18 U.S.C. § 16's statutory definition of "crime of violence" is unconstitutionally vague. We consider this question in the light of the Supreme Court's recent holding that a similar provision of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) is unconstitutionally vague...

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