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Ninth Circuit Announces California Assault With Deadly Weapon Conviction Not ‘Crime of Violence’ for Career Offender Enhancement Under Sentencing Guidelines

by Sam Rutherford

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that a defendant’s prior California conviction for assault with a deadly weapon under Cal. Penal Code § 245(a)(1) does not qualify as a “crime of violence” for purposes of a career offender sentence enhancement under the U.S. Sentencing ...

 

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