The Eighth Circuit has determined that an Iowa conviction for domestic abuse assault with the use or display of a weapon is a crime of violence because the display of a dangerous weapon requires at least the threatened use of physical force, and there is no distinction between the “use” and the “display” of a dangerous weapon under Iowa law.

The full text of U.S. v. Conrad can be found here:

http://media.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/23/07/223275P.pdf

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