Borden v. United States
| Borden v. United States | |
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| Argued November 3, 2020 Decided June 10, 2021 | |
| Full case name | Charles Borden, Jr. v. United States |
| Docket no. | 19-5410 |
| Citations | 593 U.S. 420 (more) 141 S. Ct. 1817 210 L. Ed. 2d 63 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | |
| Holding | |
| A criminal offense with a mens rea of recklessness does not qualify as a "violent felony" under the Armed Career Criminal Act's elements clause. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Plurality | Kagan, joined by Breyer, Sotomayor, Gorsuch |
| Concurrence | Thomas (in judgment) |
| Dissent | Kavanaugh, joined by Roberts, Alito, Barrett |
| Laws applied | |
| Armed Career Criminal Act | |
Borden v. United States, 593 U.S. 420 (2021), was a United States Supreme Court case involving the classification of prior convictions for "violent felony" in application of Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA); the ACCA provides for enhanced sentencing for convicted criminals with three or more such felonies in their history. In a 5–4 decision in June 2021, the Supreme Court ruled that crimes resulting from reckless conduct should not be considered as a "violent felony" for the purposes of the ACCA.