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. A mens rea of purpose equates to a consciously desirable outcome. In Voisine , a 2016 case, the court held that a “misdemeanor crime of domestic violence” included offenses with a reckless mental state.
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