United States v. Price, No. 13-30212 (9th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseDefendant appealed his sentence after being convicted for being a felon in possession. The court concluded that the district court did not err by determining that defendant's prior California conviction for robbery was a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. 924(e)(1)-(2)(B), because attempted robbery presents a serious potential risk of physical injury to another and it is roughly similar, in kind and in degree of risk posed, as burglary and extortion. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment.
Court Description: Criminal Law. Affirming a sentence, the panel held that attempted robbery under California Penal Code § 211 is a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act because, in the ordinary case, it poses a serious potential risk of injury to another, and because it creates a serious risk of harm roughly similar, in kind and degree of risk posted, to the enumerated offenses burglary and extortion.
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