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In Rare En Banc Ruling, Second Circuit Holds that Manslaughter is a Categorically Violent Felony, Including Cases of Omission, Potentially Triggering Mandatory Minimums (Updated) | Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

In Rare En Banc Ruling, Second Circuit Holds that Manslaughter is a Categorically Violent Felony, Including Cases of Omission, Potentially Triggering Mandatory Minimums (Updated) | Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
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In Rare En Banc Ruling, Second Circuit Holds That Manslaughter Is A Categorically Violent Felony, Including Cases Of Omission, Potentially Triggering Mandatory Minimums - Criminal Law


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On March 2, 2021, in a rare
en banc decision,
United States v. Scott, the Second
Circuit held in a divided 9-5 opinion that New York first-degree
manslaughter is categorically a “violent felony” under
the Armed Career Criminal Act potentially subjecting
defendants to the statute s mandatory minimum
sentences and a “crime of violence” under the
Career Offender provision of the Sentencing Guidelines, regardless
of the fact that manslaughter can be carried out by omission.
Gerald Scott was convicted of three federal crimes in
2006.  At sentencing, the district court applied the mandatory ....

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Second Circuit Holds that Attempted Bank Robbery is Categorically a 'Crime of Violence' | Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP


On March 1, 2021 the Second Circuit (
Carney, Koetl) issued a decision in
Collier v. United States, affirming the district court’s denial of Keith Collier’s habeas petition to vacate his conviction and sentence for an attempted robbery of a federal bank in the late 1990s and for using a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence,
i.e., during the attempted robbery.  The core issue presented was whether attempted federal bank robbery was categorically a “crime of violence” as that phrase is used in the relevant federal statute and Sentencing Guidelines.  The application of the categorical approach in sorting out whether a myriad of state and federal crimes fall within the statutory definition of a “crime of violence” has been a major focus of federal criminal litigation over the past decade and a familiar focus of this blog. ....

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