depraved-heart

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-6638 Raquel Delgado Chavez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP causal-connection criminal-law depraved-heart federal-murder second-degree-murder sentencing Does the 'depraved heart' theory of federal second-degree murder require a causal connection between the defendant's 'depraved' conduct and the victim…
20-5075 Jorge Hiram Baez-Martinez v. United States First Circuit 2020-07-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach circuit-split depraved-heart force-clause mens-rea recklessness violent-felony Whether crimes that may be committed recklessly with a depraved heart mens rea can qualify as a 'violent felony' under the Armed Career Criminal Act