Quarles v. United States

Decided June 10, 2019. Brett M. Kavanaugh delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 17-778 · 587 U.S. 645 (2019) · Cited 109 times

Holding

Michigan’s third-degree home-invasion statute substantially corresponds to or is narrower than generic burglary for purposes of qualifying for enhanced sentencing under the Armed Career Criminal Act.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Taylor v. United States · 495 U.S. 575 (1990)
• United States v. Cores · 356 U.S. 405 (1958)
• Sessions v. Dimaya · 584 U.S. 148 (2018)
• Shepard v. United States · 544 U.S. 13 (2005)
• Descamps v. United States · 570 U.S. 254 (2013)
• James v. United States · 550 U.S. 192 (2007)
• Mathis v. United States · 579 U.S. 500 (2016)
• Stokeling v. United States · 586 U.S. 73 (2019)
• United States v. Stitt · 586 U.S. 27 (2018)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)

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