Hobbs Act Robbery is Never a `Crime of Violence` for Federal Sentencing Enhancement Purposes
Finding that Hobbs Act robbery is never a “crime of violence” under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines (USSG), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held on August 16, 2021, that an enhanced sentence based on a prior Hobbs Act robbery conviction wasn`t harmless and remanded for resentencing. Steven Prigan was convicted of being […]