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U.S. v. Brown, No. 04-3159 (D.C. Cir.) (449 F.3d 154) (June 2, 2006) (Judge Stephen F. Williams)

Loaded on April 1, 2006 published in Punch and Jurists April 24, 2006
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Here the Court held that a defendant who accidentally discharged a firearm was not subject to the ten year mandatory minimum sentence specified in 18 U.S.C. ยง 924(c)(1)(A)(iii) for discharging a firearm during a crime of violence; he must act with intent.

 

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