Is battery committed with the use of a deadly weapon a crime of violence?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from United States v. Guizar-Rodriguez, 900 F.3d 1044 (9th Cir. 2018):
To determine whether battery committed with the use of a deadly weapon is a crime of violence, "we apply the categorical and modified categorical approaches." Mendoza v. Holder , 623 F.3d 1299, 1302 (9th Cir. 2010) (quotation marks omitted).
[900 F.3d 1048]
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