Smith v. United States

Decided June 15, 2023. Samuel A. Alito Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 21-1576 · 599 U.S. 236 (2023) · Cited 36 times

Holding

The Constitution permits the retrial of a defendant following a trial in an improper venue conducted before a jury drawn from the wrong district.

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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.

• Burks v. United States · 437 U.S. 1 (1978)
• United States v. Scott · 437 U.S. 82 (1978)
• United States v. Ewell · 383 U.S. 116 (1966)
• Evans v. Michigan · 568 U.S. 313 (2013)
• United States v. Martin Linen Supply Co. · 430 U.S. 564 (1977)
• United States v. Morrison · 449 U.S. 361 (1981)
• Glasser v. United States · 315 U.S. 60 (1942)
• United States v. Powell · 469 U.S. 57 (1984)
• Russell v. United States · 369 U.S. 749 (1962)
• Dunn v. United States · 284 U.S. 390 (1932)
• United States v. Lombardo · 241 U.S. 73 (1916)
• United States v. Rodriguez-Moreno · 526 U.S. 275 (1999)
• Travis v. United States · 364 U.S. 631 (1961)
• Blueford v. Arkansas · 566 U.S. 599 (2012)
• In Re Palliser · 136 U.S. 257 (1890)
• Johnston v. United States · 351 U.S. 215 (1956)
• Crawford v. Washington · 541 U.S. 36 (2004)
• Barker v. Wingo · 407 U.S. 514 (1972)
• Kyles v. Whitley · 514 U.S. 419 (1995)
• District of Columbia v. Heller · 554 U.S. 570 (2008)
• Sheppard v. Maxwell · 384 U.S. 333 (1966)
• Pennsylvania v. Ritchie · 480 U.S. 39 (1987)
• Waller v. Georgia · 467 U.S. 39 (1984)
• Idaho v. Wright · 497 U.S. 805 (1990)
• Cutter v. Wilkinson · 544 U.S. 709 (2005)
• Grunewald v. United States · 353 U.S. 391 (1957)
• Hyde v. United States · 225 U.S. 347 (1912)
• Armour Packing Co. v. United States · 209 U.S. 56 (1908)
• United States v. Blue · 384 U.S. 251 (1966)
• Hill v. Texas · 316 U.S. 400 (1942)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• McElrath v. Georgia · 601 U.S. 87 (2024)

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