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· 11/21/2008

Jimenez-Gonzalez v. Mukasey

Citations

  • 548 F.3d 557
  • 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 24668
  • 2008 WL 4951067

How courts have described this case

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  • examining cases holding that recklessness crimes are crimes of violence under § 16(b) as involving “intentional conduct exhibiting a reckless disregard to the likelihood of injury”
  • identifying cases involving laws that prohibited intentional acts with reckless disregard for the risk presented
  • comparing Begay v. United States , 553 U.S. 137 , 128 S.Ct. 1581 , 170 L.Ed.2d 490 (2008), and Leocal v. Ashcroft , 543 U.S. 1 , 125 S.Ct. 377 , 160 L.Ed.2d 271 (2004)
  • \Today we join our sister circuits and hold that reckless crimes are not crimes of violence under Section 16(b)\

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Judges: Coffey, Ripple, Manion

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