U.S. v. WILLIAMS

No. 16-3373.

864 F.3d 826 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Justin WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 27, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly Greening , Andrianna D. Kastanek , Attorneys, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Stephen E. Eberhardt , Attorney, Tinley Park, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Easterbrook, Sykes, and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.


A person may commit the federal crime of bank robbery "by force and violence, or by intimidation." 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a). The issue in this appeal is whether the federal offense of bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) qualifies as a "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). We hold that it does. We have...

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