Wooden v. United States
Decided March 7, 2022. Elena Kagan delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 20-5279 · 595 U.S. 360 (2022) · Cited 119 times
Holding
Wooden’s ten burglary offenses arising from a single criminal episode did not occur on different “occasions” and thus count as only one prior conviction under the Armed Career Criminal Act.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 9–0.
Majority · 8
- John G. Roberts, Jr.
- Clarence Thomas
- Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
- Sonia Sotomayor · filed a concurring opinion
- Elena Kagan · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Brett M. Kavanaugh · filed a concurring opinion
- Amy Coney Barrett · filed an opinion concurring in the judgment
- Stephen G. Breyer
Concurring · 1
- Neil M. Gorsuch · filed an opinion concurring in the judgment
“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.
- United States v. Wiltberger · 18 U.S. 76 (1820)
- Begay v. United States · 553 U.S. 137 (2008)
- Ocasio v. United States · 578 U.S. 282 (2016)
- Morissette v. United States · 342 U.S. 246 (1952)
- Bell v. United States · 349 U.S. 81 (1955)
- Liparota v. United States · 471 U.S. 419 (1985)
- United States v. Santos · 553 U.S. 507 (2008)
- United States v. Fisher · 6 U.S. 358 (1805)
- McBoyle v. United States · 283 U.S. 25 (1931)
- Turner v. Arkansas · 407 U.S. 366 (1972)
- Miranda v. Arizona · 384 U.S. 436 (1966)
- Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
- Taylor v. United States · 495 U.S. 575 (1990)
- Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. Smith · 494 U.S. 872 (1990)
- Dickerson v. United States · 530 U.S. 428 (2000)
- United States v. Bass · 404 U.S. 336 (1971)
- Johnson v. United States · 559 U.S. 133 (2010)
- Blanchard v. Bergeron · 489 U.S. 87 (1989)
- McNally v. United States · 483 U.S. 350 (1987)
- United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · 438 U.S. 422 (1978)
- Cheek v. United States · 498 U.S. 192 (1991)
- Skilling v. United States · 561 U.S. 358 (2010)
- Hughey v. United States · 495 U.S. 411 (1990)
- Muscarello v. United States · 524 U.S. 125 (1998)
- Den Ex Dem. Murray v. Hoboken Land & Improvement Co. · 59 U.S. 272 (1856)
- Moskal v. United States · 498 U.S. 103 (1990)
- Crandon v. United States · 494 U.S. 152 (1990)
- Bryan v. United States · 524 U.S. 184 (1998)
- Rewis v. United States · 401 U.S. 808 (1971)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Brown v. United States · 602 U.S. 101 (2024)
- Trump v. United States · 603 U.S. 593 (2024)
- Snyder v. United States · 603 U.S. 1 (2024)
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