The Second Circuit has determined that a Connecticut conviction for sexual assault in the third degree is a crime of violence because it requires use of a dangerous instrument, actual physical force or violence, or superior physical strength, and thus, necessarily includes the use or threatened use of violent force as an element.

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

https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/0c7b55a5-be7b-43f5-ac93-5989936afec3/24/doc/16-296_opn.pdf#xml=https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/0c7b55a5-be7b-43f5-ac93-5989936afec3/24/hilite/

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