The Second Circuit has determined that a Connecticut first-degree robbery conviction qualifies as a crime of violence. It requires the threatened use of physical force because even the mere display of a firearm during a larceny or immediately thereafter necessarily implies a threat to commit violence.

The full text of Wood v. Barr can be found here:

http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/791e9ac0-59fe-4e6d-bb0e-99c1d4aafca5/22/doc/17-514_opn.pdf#xml=http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/791e9ac0-59fe-4e6d-bb0e-99c1d4aafca5/22/hilite/

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