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Type
Concurrence
Filed
April 4, 2019
Case
Carlos Lowe v. United States
Case status
Decided

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THAPAR, Circuit Judge, concurring. Rape is always violent. Whether a rapist coerces a victim, tricks them, or drugs them, the act of "unlawful sexual penetration" involves violent force. And then there is this case, where Carlos Lowe dragged his victim across a car seat and raped her. No one questions that his act was unlawful, forceful, and violent. Yet, in the categorical-approach world, we cannot call rape w…

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Other writings in this case

TypeAuthorFiled
Lead opinion Not attributed April 4, 2019
Opinion Bernice Bouie Donald April 4, 2019