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First Circuit Finds that VA Conviction for Use of Firearm During Robbery is COV


May 7, 2026
by Sabrina Damast

The First Circuit has determined that a Virginia conviction for use of a firearm is a crime of violence because it requires “using a firearm while overcoming the victim by violence or intimidation.”

The full text of United States v. Mao can be found here: https://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/files/opnfiles/24-2107P-01A.pdf

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