govinfo:USCOURTS-paed-2_12-cr-00047-5

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
 
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RAYMOND HAYWOOD, 
 
 Defendant. 
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Criminal No. 12-cr-00047 
 
 
ORDER 
 
AND NOW, this 8th day of March, 2024, upon consideration of Defendant’s Motion to 
Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (ECF No. 58), and all 
papers submitted in support thereof or in opposition thereto, it is hereby ORDERED that said 
Motion is DENIED.
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BY THE COURT: 
 
 /s/ John Milton Younge 
 Judge John Milton Younge 
 
 
1 Defendant Raymond Haywood filed this Motion on August 27, 2019, challenging his 
conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) for using a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence 
(ECF No. 58.) The predicate “crime of violence” offense was a completed Hobbs Act robbery in 
violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), wherein the Defendant, as he pled guilty to, participated in 
robbing a store at gunpoint. (ECF No. 58.) The Third Circuit recently held, in United States v. 
Stoney, 62 F.4th 108 (3d Cir. 2023), that a completed Hobbs Act robbery, as compared to an 
attempted Hobbs Act robbery, is a valid, predicate 924(c) “crime of violence.” As such, 
Defendant’s Motion is Denied. 

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