Opinion ID: 214694
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Minnesota's Theft from Person Offense is Roughly Similar to Burglary

Text: Abari concedes that the theft from person offense involves purposeful conduct, but asserts that the offense is not roughly similar to burglary, in kind as well as in degree of risk posed. He contends that the offense does not typically involve violent or aggressive conduct, arguing that victims are usually unaware and thus unable to resist. Abari cites to a Minnesota crime report to demonstrate that the offense involves nonviolent, nonaggressive conduct. Abari's argument is foreclosed by our opinion in Hennecke, which held that felony theft from a person poses a risk of violent confrontation with the victim or a third person at least equal to that posed by attempted burglary and is a crime of violence under the residual clause of § 924(e)(2)(B)(ii). 590 F.3d at 623-24 (Physically stealing from a person poses the same risk of violent confrontation with the victim or a third person as attempted or completed burglary.). Accordingly, we conclude that Minnesota's theft from person offense is a violent felony because it is roughly similar to burglary, in kind as well as in degree of risk posed, in that it typically involves purposeful, violent, and aggressive conduct. The judgment is affirmed.