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Panel Holds that Ohio Aggravated Burglary Statute Does Not Count as Predicate Violent Felony under ACCA. 

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A)(1), does not qualify as a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act (commonly referred to as “ACCA”). A)(1) did qualify as a violent felony under ACCA. 2022), the Sixth Circuit read Borden as requiring a purposeful or knowing mens rea for offenses deemed violent felony predicate offenses. . § 2911.01(A)(1),

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Court limits definition of “violent felony” in federal gun-possession penalty

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Share A fractured Supreme Court on Thursday narrowed the scope of a key phrase in the Armed Career Criminal Act, ruling that crimes involving recklessness do not count as “violent felonies” for the purpose of triggering a key sentencing enhancement. Justice Clarence Thomas did not join Kagan’s opinion but concurred in the result.

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Supreme Court Considers Reach of Aggravated Identity Theft Statute

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The federal aggravated identity theft statute applies to anyone who “knowingly transfers, possesses, or uses without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person” in relation to certain felonies, Daniel Harawa reports for SCOTUSBlog. In Dubin v.

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In habeas case, the liberal justices try to untangle a complex statute

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Hendrix , a case that exemplifies the Gordian knot that is the federal habeas corpus statute. United States that Section 922(g) requires the government to prove that the defendant knew he was prohibited from possessing a firearm. Share On Tuesday, the court heard argument in Jones v.

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Second Circuit Agrees that Copay Assistance Programs May Violate the Anti-Kickback Statute

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Kirschenbaum — In a recent decision, the Second Circuit upheld the HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG)’s position that Pfizer’s proposed copay assistance program for its high-cost heart treatment would violate the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). The Second Circuit’s Interpretation of the Anti-Kickback Statute. Pfizer, Inc.

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Pair of immigration cases come to the court on key issue in some deportation proceedings

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Cordero-Garcia , involving whether a federal law that allows the government to deport noncitizens convicted of “an offense relating to obstruction of justice” applies even to cases that are not connected to open investigations or judicial proceedings. In 2014, Pugin pleaded guilty in Virginia to being an accessory after the fact to a felony.

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What’s an “occasion”? Scope of Armed Career Criminal Act depends on the answer.

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The stranger just happened to be a plain-clothes officer who knew of Wooden’s felony convictions. Because people with felony convictions are generally prohibited from possessing firearms, when the officer stepped inside and saw a gun, he arrested Wooden. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit agreed with the government.

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