Arthur Durham v. United States
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Whether Hobbs Act robbery is categorically a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. In three circuits, pattern jury instructions extend Hobbs Act robbery as | U'S.C. § 1951(b)) to an offense committed by causing fear of harm to intangible | property. Because fear of economic harm can be caused without the use or threat of violent force, is Hobbs Act robbery categorically a “crime of violence” under the | “force clause” of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)? . 2. Whether the new rule of constitutional law set out in Johnson v. United | States and held to be retroactively applicable to cases on collateral review by this | Court in Welch v. United States applies to the definition of crime of violence in the | residual clause of 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(3)? . 1