Haynes v. U.S.

Record contained sufficient evidence to support defendant’s three convictions under Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 USC section 924(c), where defendant used firearm during “crime of violence,” and where said convictions were based on defendant’s three convictions under 18 USC section 1952(a)(2), (i.e., travel in interstate commerce with intent to commit crime of violence), which, in turn were based on three armed robberies committed by defendant in violation of Hobbs Act. Defendant’s Hobbs Act armed robberies were crimes of violence for purposes of section 924(c), and defendant’s section 1952 convictions incorporated elements of Hobbs Act robberies. Accordingly, because Hobbs Act robbery is “crime of violence” under section 924(c)(3)(A), defendant’s section 1952 convictions were valid predicate offenses for his three section 924(c) convictions.