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Fourth Circuit Holds 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is Unconstitutional

by Douglas Ankney

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, sitting en banc, held that the definition of a “crime of violence” in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B)—commonly referred to as the “residual clause”—is  unconstitutional for vagueness.

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