Civil Rights
Block on Trump's Asylum Ban Upheld by Supreme Court
Defendant's sentence for illegal reentry into the U.S. is affirmed where New York's definition of attempted robbery, which requires conduct that comes within a dangerous proximity to the criminal end to be attained, is no broader than the definition at common law, which requires a "substantial step towards committing the crime," and thus attempted robbery under New York law is a "crime of violence" under the Sentencing Guidelines.
Read US v. Rivera-Ramos, No. 08-10174
Appellate Information
Argued and Submitted April 14, 2009
Filed August 21, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Reinhardt
Counsel
For Appellant:
For Appellee:
Angela W. Woodridge, Assistant United States Attorney, Tucson, AZ