Criminal Defense of Immigrants



 
 

§ 19.49 h. Intent Element

 
Skip to § 19.

For more text, click "Next Page>"

The United States Supreme Court has held that violent physical force must have been intentionally used in the commission of the offense in order to qualify as a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 16(a).[477]  However, the same standard is not necessarily applied under 18 U.S.C. § 16(b).


[477] Leocal v. Ashcroft, 543 U.S. 1, 125 S.Ct. 377 (Nov. 9, 2004).

 

TRANSLATE