United States v. Jones

Second-degree murder in Florida is a "violent felony" within the meaning of the elements clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. 924(e)(2)(B)(i). The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction under the ACCA and held that defendant's contention -- that physical force is not categorically an element of Florida second-degree murder chiefly because poisoning someone does not involve physical force -- was foreclosed by recent precedent in Hylor v. United States, 896 F.3d 1219 (11th Cir. 2018). View "United States v. Jones" on Justia Law