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U.S. v. Askari, No. 95-1662 (3rd Cir.) (140 F.3d 536) (April 8, 1998) (Judge Anthony J. Scirica)

En banc Court vacated a sentence (and reversed its existing precedent) based on its finding that an unarmed bank robbery did not constitute a crime of violence that would preclude the use of ยง 5K2.13.

This is another of those limited-application cases that deals with the semantics of "violent crimes"; ...

 

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