Lora v. United States (599 U.S. 453)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 16, 2023 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 599 U.S. 453 · 143 S. Ct. 1713
- Decided
- June 16, 2023
- Term
- October Term 2022
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Jackson
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 599 U. S. Part 1 Pages 453–464 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT June 16, 2023 Page Proof Pending Publication REBECCA A. WOMELDORF reporter of decisions NOTICE: This preliminary print is subject to formal revision before the bound volume is published. Users are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C. 20543, pio@supremecourt.gov, of any typographical or other formal errors. OCTOBER TERM, 2022 453 Syllabus LORA v. UNITED STATES certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the second circuit No. 22–49. Argued March 28, 2023—Decided June 16, 2023 A federal court imposing multiple prison sentences typically has discretion to run the sentences concurrently or consecutively. See 18 U. S. C. § 3584. An exception exists in § 924(c), which provides that “no term of imprisonment imposed on a person under this subsection shall run concurrently with any other term of imprisonment.” § 924(c) (1)(D)(ii). Here, the Court considers whether § 924(c)'s bar on concur- rent sentences extends to a sentence imposed under a different subsec- tion, §924(j). Petitioner Efrain Lora was convicted of the federal crime of aiding and abetting a violation of §924(j)(1), which penalizes “a person who, in the course of a violation of subsection (c), causes the death of a person through the use of a frearm,” where…
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