Syllabus DESCAMPS v. UNITED STATES ( ) 466 Fed. Appx. 563, reversed. Syllabus [HTML] [PDF] Opinion, Kagan [HTML] [PDF] Concurrence, Kennedy [HTML] [PDF] Concurrence, Thomas [HTML] [PDF] Dissent, Alito [HTML] [PDF] NOTE:?Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion […]
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Welch v. United States, 578 U.S. ___ (2016)
NOTE:?Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued.The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader.See United States v. Detroit […]
Molina-Martinez v. United States, 578 U.S. ___ (2016)
NOTE:?Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued.The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader.See United States v. Detroit […]
Ocasio v. United States, 578 U.S. ___ (2016)
NOTE:?Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued.The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader.See United States v. Detroit […]
Griffin v. United States, 502 U.S. 46 (1991)
502 U.S. 46 112 S.Ct. 466 116 L.Ed.2d 371 Diane GRIFFIN, Petitioner v. UNITED STATES. No. 90-6352. Argued Oct. 7, 1991. Decided Dec. 3, 1991. Headnotes: Multiple-object conspiracy — General verdict: Neither Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause nor this Court’s precedents require, in a federal prosecution, that a general guilty verdict on a multiple-object conspiracy […]
Nichols v. United States, 578 U. S. ____ (2016)
NICHOLS v. UNITED STATES, (2016) United States Supreme Court No. 15-5238 Argued: March 1, 2016????Decided: April 4, 2016 Syllabus:?The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) makes it a federal crime for certain sex offenders to “knowingly fai[l] to register or update a registration,” 18 U.?S.?C. ?2250(a)(3), and requires that offenders who move to a […]
Whitfield v. United States, 574 U.S. ___ (2015)
Larry WHITFIELD, Petitioner v. UNITED STATES. No. 13-9026. 135 S.Ct. 785 (2015);?574 U.S. ___ (2015) Supreme Court of United States. Argued December 2, 2014;?Decided January 13, 2015. One-Sentence Takeaway The kidnapping provision of 18 U.S.C.?? 2113(e) applies?when a robber forces another person to go somewhere with him or her, even if that movement is within […]