The Fourth Circuit has determined that a conviction in the District of Columbia for attempted second degree child sexual abuse is a crime of child abuse. The Court declined to find that a conviction must include as an element knowledge of the victim’s age in order to qualify as a crime of child abuse.

The full text of Marquez Cruz v. Garland can be found here:

https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/231676.P.pdf

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