Charles Lynch Pettis v. United States
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Whether a state robbery offense that requires only force sufficient to overcome victim resistance categorically qualifies as a 'violent felony' under the Armed Career Criminal Act
QUESTION PRESENTED Is a state robbery offense categorically a “violent felony” under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)@) (an offense that “has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person of another”), if the offense requires only that the force be sufficient to overcome victim resistance? A materially similar question is pending before this Court in Stokeling v. United States (No. 17-5554), cert. erd., _ U.S. ___, 2018 WL 1568030 (Apr. 2, 2018). 1