Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lawrence W. BENSON, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-08-14
Citations: 331 F. App'x 422
Docket Number: No. 07-2134
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lawrence W. BENSON, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before KENNETH F. RIPPLE, Circuit Judge, DANIEL A. MANION, Circuit Judge, DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 331
Pages: 422–422

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lawrence W. BENSON, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 07-2134.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Submitted April 3, 2009.
Decided Aug. 14, 2009.
Michelle L. Jacobs, Office of the United States Attorney, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Nancy Joseph, Federal Defender Services of Eastern Wisconsin, Inc., Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before KENNETH F. RIPPLE, Circuit Judge, DANIEL A. MANION, Circuit Judge, DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
ORDER
The district court sentenced Lawrence Benson under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e); one of the three crimes that predicated the enhancement was a 1984 juvenile adjudication for injury by negligent use of a dangerous weapon. On remand from the Supreme Court, the government concedes that, under Begay v. United States, — U.S. -, 128 S.Ct. 1581, 170 L.Ed.2d 490 (2008), and United States v. Smith, 544 F.3d 781, 786 (7th Cir.2008), a crime requiring the mental state of negligence is not a "violent felony" under the Act. Our independent analysis confirms this assessment. We therefore Vacate the sentence and Remand for further proceedings in light of Begay.