Supreme Court of the United States / October Term 2018

Stokeling v. United States

Decided January 15, 2019. Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 17-5554 · 586 U.S. 73 · Cited 348 times

Holding

The Armed Career Criminal Act’s elements clause encompasses a robbery offense that, like Florida’s law, requires the criminal to overcome the victim’s resistance.

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