Manslaughter

MANHATTAN — First-degree manslaughter is a “categorical violent” crime, because a person can only be guilty of that crime if they cause death while “intending to cause at least serious bodily injury,” the Second Circuit ruled, finding that the lower court improperly ruled that the crime is not a categorical “violent felony” because it’s possible to commit such a homicide by “omission.”

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