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US Supreme Court rules reckless offenses do not qualify as ‘violent felony’

JURIST

had pleaded guilty to a felon-in-possession charge, and the government sought to apply the enhanced sentence under the ACCA. One of the three violent felonies the government alleged as a predicate to the ACCA charge was for reckless aggravated assault under Tennessee law. ” Petitioner Charles Borden Jr.

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Subjective intent of wrongdoing required to convict doctors under Controlled Substances Act

SCOTUSBlog

The opinion is a victory for physicians prescribing innovative treatments that they believe serve legitimate medical purposes, and it should assuage concerns about a ruling that could have chilled more doctors from prescribing needed pain treatments. None of this is to say that the court has let pill mill doctors off the hook.

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