Whether a prior conviction for Massachusetts Assault with a Dangerous Weapon qualifies as a crime of violence for sentence enhancement purposes under the 2016 United States Sentencing Guidelines

QUESTION PRESENTED Where the Massachusetts offense of “Assault with a Dangerous Weapon,” Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265 § 15B, may be committed merely by means of an offensive touching without any requisite degree of violent force and is not included as an enumerated offense under U.S.8.G. § 4B1.2(a), does a prior conviction of MA ADW qualify as a crime of violence for sentence enhancement purposes under the 2016 United States Sentencing Guidelines? i