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No sentencing enhancements for recklessness convictions under federal Armed Career Criminal Act

SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 24, 2021

United States , the Supreme Court analyzed the Armed Career Criminal Act ’s force clause or elements clause. In this case, the court had to decide whether the term “violent felony” includes crimes committed with a reckless state of mind. The case came to the court after Charles Borden Jr. Share In Borden v.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

An interesting historical sidenote is that if one looks at the official Park decision from the Supreme Court, one will find our own Paul Hyman who was one co-author of the amicus curiae briefs. Therefore, as a matter of proof, DOJ can obtain a misdemeanor conviction even when a jury acquits on a felony.

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No sentencing enhancements for recklessness convictions under federal Armed Career Criminal Act

No Walk in the Park: JAMA Editorial Calls for More Park Prosecutions; We Disagree

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