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holding Georgia's aggravated assault statute is divisible because the simple assault statute "lists two separate crimes"
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No. 17-10473
07-22-2021
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. Terin MOSS, Defendant - Appellant.
Nancy Greenwood, U.S. Attorney's Office, Augusta, GA, Sonja Ralston, Savannah, GA, U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, James D. Durham, Marcela C. Mateo, Scarlett S. Nokes, Brian T. Rafferty, U.S. Attorney's Office, Savannah, GA, R. Brian Tanner, Savage Turner Pinckney & Savage, Savannah, GA, Theodore Stuart Hertzberg, U.S. Attorney's Office, Atlanta, GA, Edward J. Tarver, Enoch Tarver, PC, Augusta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee. Lynsey Morris Barron, Miller & Martin, PLLC, Atlanta, GA, Michael B. Kimberly, McDermott Will & Emery, LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellant.
Nancy Greenwood, U.S. Attorney's Office, Augusta, GA, Sonja Ralston, Savannah, GA, U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, James D. Durham, Marcela C. Mateo, Scarlett S. Nokes, Brian T. Rafferty, U.S. Attorney's Office, Savannah, GA, R. Brian Tanner, Savage Turner Pinckney & Savage, Savannah, GA, Theodore Stuart Hertzberg, U.S. Attorney's Office, Atlanta, GA, Edward J. Tarver, Enoch Tarver, PC, Augusta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Lynsey Morris Barron, Miller & Martin, PLLC, Atlanta, GA, Michael B. Kimberly, McDermott Will & Emery, LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellant.
BEFORE: WILLIAM PRYOR, Chief Judge, WILSON, MARTIN, JORDAN, ROSENBAUM, JILL PRYOR, NEWSOM, BRANCH, GRANT, LUCK, LAGOA, BRASHER and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.
BY THE COURT:
As the issues for which this Court granted rehearing en banc in this appeal have been resolved by the Supreme Court's opinion in Borden v. United States , 593 U.S. ––––, 141 S.Ct. 1817, ––– L.Ed.2d ––––, (2021), we hereby VACATE this Court's July 15, 2019, Order granting rehearing en banc , and REINSTATE the panel's opinion previously issued on April 4, 2019.
To the extent this Order may reinstate Appellee's petition for panel rehearing, that petition is referred to the panel for resolution.