HabeasCorpus
Whether a state robbery offense that includes as an element the common law requirement of overcoming resistance' is categorically a 'violent felony' under Armed Career Criminal Act's force clause if the offense has been specifically interpreted by state appellate courts to require only slight force to overcome resistance?
QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW L Whether a state robbery offense that includes as an element the common law requirement of overcoming “resistance” is categorically a “violent felony” under Armed Career Criminal Act’s force clause if the offense has been specifically interpreted by state appellate courts to require only slight force to overcome resistance? This same question is pending before this Court in Stokeling v. United States, 684 F. App’x 870 (11th Cir. 2017), cert. granted, No. 17-5554, 2018 U.S. LEXIS 2091 (Apr. 2, 2018). 1