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Johnson v. U.S., No. 08-6925 (U.S. Supreme Court) (559 U.S. 133; 130 S.Ct. 1265) (March 2, 2010) (Justice Scalia)

Loaded on March 8, 2010 published in Punch and Jurists March 08, 2010
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Here a divided Court held that because Florida’s felony battery statute does not have the use of “physical force” as an element, it does not constitute a “violent felony” for purposes of the sentencing enhancements under the ACCA.

A recent search on Westlaw for Federal cases using the term “violent ...

 

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