At issue in this matter is whether second-degree murder in Florida is a "violent felony" within the meaning of the elements clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act (the ACCA). Asked differently, this case posits the question as to whether this Court's definition of "physical force" in Curtis Johnson v. United States, 130 S. Ct. 1265 (2010), requires the deployment of destructive or violent force as distinguished from causing bodily injury through indirect means.

Whether second-degree murder in Florida is a 'violent felony' within the meaning of the elements clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA)