UNITED STATES v. SCOTT

No. 20-1514.

14 F.4th 190 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America v. Eric SCOTT, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: September 22, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christy Martin , Brett G. Sweitzer [ARGUED], Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 601 Walnut Street, The Curtis Center — Suite 540 West, Philadelphia, PA 19106, Counsel for Appellant.

Jason Bologna , Robert A. Zauzmer [ARGUED], Office of United States Attorney, 615 Chestnut Street — Suite 1250, Philadelphia, PA 19106, Counsel for Appellee.

Before: AMBRO, KRAUSE, and PHIPPS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

This appeal requires us to decide whether Hobbs Act robbery is a "crime of violence" under the career offender provision of the United States Sentencing Guidelines. U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a). To answer that question, we must apply the oft-bedeviling categorical approach and compare the statutory...

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