Legal Opinion
United States v. Dominguez-Ochoa
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 22, 2004No. 03-41260PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:
Primarily at issue is whether, for Sentencing Guidelines purposes, criminally negligent homicide under Texas law is equivalent to manslaughter and, therefore, an enumerated crime of violence under Guidelines § 2L1.2, permitting the 16-lev-el enhancement imposed against Felipe de Jesus Dominguez-Ochoa. See U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2 cmt. n. l(B)(ii)(II) (2002). Criminally negligent homicide has a mens rea of negligence; generic, contemporary manslaughter, of recklessness. Therefore, the two offenses are not equivalent. The enhancement is VACATED; the case is…
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