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  • Old Reckless Crime Shouldn’t Lengthen Gun Sentence, High Court Rules (Gorsuch, Thomas join Kagan)

    06/10/2021 8:29:52 AM PDT · by ScubaDiver · 26 replies
    Courthouse News Service ^ | 06/10/2021 | Jack Rodgers
    The Supreme Court split 5-4 on the case Thursday, with Justices Neil Gorsuch Clarence Thomas splitting off from other conservative members of the bench.WASHINGTON (CN) — A convicted felon whose priors included one instance of reckless aggravated assault should not have been given an enhanced sentence after he was later caught with a handgun, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Thursday.“The treatment of reckless offenses as ‘violent felonies’ would impose large sentencing enhancements on individuals (for example, reckless drivers) far afield from the ‘armed career criminals’ ACCA addresses — the kind of offenders who, when armed, could well ‘use [the]...