United States v. Zuniga-Soto

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• holding that reckless conduct does not involve the deliberate “use” of physical force required by the crime of violence definition
• holding that reckless assault on a police officer was not a crime of violence
• holding that a court may ex amine judicial records to determine which part of a statute was charged against the defendant but not to engage in a subjective inquiry into the factual circumstances of the underlying conviction
• discussing Shepard in the context of determining whether a past conviction amounts to a “crime of violence” for purposes of U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2
• relying on Leocal in holding that “mens rea of recklessness does not satisfy use of physical force requirement under § 2L1.2’s definition of ‘crime of violence’”

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