Opinion ID: 2973922
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: The 1987 Aggravated Assault

Text: The district court also considered the 1987 aggravated assault to be a crime of violence for the purposes of sentencing. Calloway responds by pointing out an error in the presentence report. Paragraph seventy-four of the presentence report states “[a]ccording to the Indictment, on 03/09/1987, the defendant did knowingly cause or attempt to cause physical harm to another by means of a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance, a felony of the second degree.” The indictment that the presentence report quotes from is in fact the initial indictment for felonious assault. Calloway actually pled guilty in an amended indictment to aggravated assault. Calloway argues that the appropriate definition of aggravated assault under Ohio law is: (A) No person, while under influence of sudden passion or in a sudden fit of rage, either of which is brought on by serious provocation occasioned by the victim that is reasonably sufficient to incite the person into using deadly force, shall knowingly:
(2) Cause or attempt to cause physical harm to another by means of a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance... Ohio Revised Code § 2903.12 (effective June 22, 1984). Calloway argues that aggravated assault is not a predicate crime of violence as a defendant may cause physical harm without the use, attempted use or threatened use of physical force as required by U.S.S.G. Section 4B1.2(a)(1). No. 05-3757 United States v. Calloway Page 10 Calloway’s argument that the aggravated assault is not a crime of violence is without merit. There is no question that causing or attempting to cause physical harm presents a serious risk of physical injury to another under Section 4B1.2(a)(2) of the Sentencing Guidelines. Furthermore, Application Note 1 to U.S.S.G. Section 4B1.2 specifically lists aggravated assault as a crime of violence. Therefore, we agree with the district court that the 1987 aggravated assault is a crime of violence.