United States v. Felder, No. 19-897 (2d Cir. 2021)
Annotate this CaseThe Second Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction of two counts of carjacking resulting in death, multiple counts of substantive and conspiratorial Hobbs Act robbery, and related firearms offenses. The court concluded that defendant's challenges to the district court's instructions on the mens rea and causation elements of carjacking resulting in death, both fail because these claims lack merit and the purported errors were in any event harmless. The court also concluded that defendant's evidentiary challenges fail because the district court acted within its discretion in making each of the rulings at issue. Finally, the court concluded that defendant's challenge to his firearms convictions under 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(A) fail because the predicate crimes on which these convictions are based, Hobbs Act robbery, and federal carjacking, are categorical crimes of violence.
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