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Ninth Circuit Finds that Federal Conviction for Second Degree Murder is Crime of Violence


May 6, 2022
by Sabrina Damast

The Ninth Circuit has determined that a federal conviction for second-degree murder qualifies as a crime of violence. In so doing, it determined that “reckless indifference” is a higher mens rea than “ordinary recklessness.”

The full text of United States v. Begay can be found here:

https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2022/05/05/14-10080.pdf

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