No sentencing enhancements for recklessness convictions under federal Armed Career Criminal Act
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 24, 2021
The ACCA, in Borden’s view, required a higher culpable state of mind, or mens rea , than recklessness. The district court ruled for the government and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit agreed. A mens rea of purpose equates to a consciously desirable outcome.
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