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Failure to Report for Service of Sentence Is Not an ACCA "Violent Felony"

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Chambers v. United States, No. 06-11206 (U.S. Jan. 13, 2009) Addressing a circuit split, the Supreme Court held yesterday, per Justice Breyer, that the Illinois offense of failing to report for penal confinement is not a "violent felony" under the ACCA. As in Begay, the question was whether the offense "otherwise involves conduct that presents a serious potential risk of physical injury to

Full post as published by Fifth Circuit Blog on January 14, 2009 (boomark / email).

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