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Eighth Circuit Finds that IL Aggravated Vehicular Hijacking is Crime of Violence

The Eighth Circuit has determined that an Illinois conviction for aggravated vehicular hijacking is a crime of violence under the federal sentencing guidelines because the statute requires the defendant to use force sufficient to overcome the victim’s resistance.

The full text of United States v. Sykes can be found here:

http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2019/D01-29/C:17-1689:J:Barrett:aut:T:fnOp:N:2285371:S:0

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