United States v. Begay (9th Cir. May 2022), EN BANC
ACCA, Career Offender, Major Cases, Ninth Circuit, Recent Circuit Cases, Section 924(c)
|Sitting en banc, the Ninth Circuit held that federal second degree murder (18 USC 1111(a)) is a “crime of violence” under 18 USC 924(c) where, employing the categorical approach, a conviction requires acting “deliberately or recklessly with extreme disregard for human life.” The Ninth Circuit distinguished reckless disregard for human life from mere recklessness but otherwise emphasized that “anything less than intentional conduct does not qualify as a crime of violence.”