· 1/22/2013
Cortes-Salazar v. United States
Citations
- 568 U.S. 1149
- 81 U.S.L.W. 3409
How courts have described this case
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- “There are sound reasons to decline to interpret the two statutes in tandem.... the statutes address significantly different threats. Whereas the ACCA seeks to protect society at large from a diffuse risk of injury or fatality at the hands of armed, recidivist felons, § 922(g)(9
- “There are sound reasons to decline to interpret the two statutes in tandem. . . . the statutes address significantly different threats. Whereas the ACCA seeks to protect society at large from a diffuse risk of injury or fatality at the hands of armed, recidivist felons, § 922(g)(9
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