George v. Warren

How courts have described this case

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• holding the California offense of shooting at an inhabited dwelling 18 or vehicle is not a crime of violence because it “requires a merely reckless mens rea”
• concluding from Leocal, Fernandez-Ruiz, and United States v. Gomez-Leon, 545 F.3d 777 (9th Cir. 2008) that an intentional use of force was required for a crime of violence as defined in either subsection of 18 U.S.C. § 16
• “Applying the categorical approach, ‘we consider not only the language of the state statute, but also the interpretation of that language in judicial opinions . . . .’” (citation omitted)
• intentionally discharging firearm with reckless disregard as to whether it will hit an inhabited dwelling is not a crime of violence
• “Our panel has no power to modify circuit precedent, and we are bound . . . until such time as the Supreme Court or an en banc panel of our court revisits this issue.”

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