Opinion ID: 2973577
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Heading: Is mentally incapacitated.

Text: KRS 510.110. Grundy contends that because he was convicted under subsection (b) of the Kentucky statute, which does not involve the element of “forcible compulsion,” his prior offense should not be considered a crime of violence under the Guidelines. This argument is unavailing. -6- No. 03-6435 United States v. Grundy To determine whether a particular offense constitutes a “crime of violence” under the Guidelines, this Court “follows a ‘categorical approach limited to an examination of the fact of conviction and the statutory definition of the predicate offense.’” United States v. Campbell, 256 F.3d 381, 395-96 (6th Cir. 2001)(quoting Arnold, 58 F.3d at 1121). “Under this approach, it is not only impermissible, but pointless, for the court to look through to the defendant’s actual criminal conduct.” Id. at 396. Here, the district court properly employed the categorical approach and looked only at the fact of Grundy’s conviction and the statutory definition of his offense under Kentucky law. This Court has repeatedly held that sexual offenses involving minors “present a serious potential risk of physical injury to another” and constitute crimes of violence under § 4B1.2(a)(2). See Campbell, 256 F.3d at 396 (affirming lower court’s determination that crime of second-degree sexual conduct involving sexual contact with a person, age 13 to 16, of same blood affinity presents serious potential risk of physical injury to another); United States v. Champion, 248 F.3d 502, 506 (6th Cir. 2001)(affirming lower court’s determination that offense of sexually exploiting a minor presents serious potential risk of physical injury to another); United States v. Arnold, 1996 WL 435275, at  (6th Cir. Aug. 1, 1996)(affirming lower court’s finding upon remand that offense of assault with attempt to commit sexual battery involving female child under the age of thirteen presents serious potential risk of physical injury to another); see also United States v. Hargrove, 416 F.3d 486, 495 (6th Cir. 2005) -7- No. 03-6435 United States v. Grundy (recognizing this Court’s previous holdings that “sexual offenses involving victims who were minors amount to crimes of violence”). Accordingly, the district court did not err in finding that Grundy’s prior conviction for first degree sexual abuse involving a child under the age of twelve was a crime of violence under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(2).