Legal Opinion
United States v. Travis Lamont Smith
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 22, 2014No. 13-15227, 13-15133, 14-10075PublishedCited by 134 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM PRYOR, Circuit Judge:
These consolidated appeals require us to decide whether the definitions of “serious drug offense” under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A), and “controlled substance offense” under the Sentencing Guidelines, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b) (Nov.2013), include crimes that do not require an element of mens rea regarding the illicit nature of the controlled substance. Both Travis Lamont Smith and Jose G. Nunez have prior convictions for Florida drug crimes that have no element of mens rea with respect to the illicit nature of the drug. In separate…
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