United States v. Taylor
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 21, 2022 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- June 21, 2022
- Term
- October Term 2021
- Vote
- 7–2
- Majority author
- Justice Gorsuch
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 596 U. S. Part 2 Pages 845–879 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT June 21, 2022 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, 2021 845 Syllabus UNITED STATES v. TAYLOR certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the fourth circuit No. 20–1459. Argued December 7, 2021—Decided June 21, 2022 For his participation in an unsuccessful robbery during which his accom- plice shot a man, respondent Justin Taylor faced charges of violating the Hobbs Act, 18 U. S. C. § 1951(a), and of committing a “crime of violence” under § 924(c). The Hobbs Act makes it a federal crime to commit, at- tempt to commit, or conspire to commit a robbery with an interstate component. § 1951(a). Section 924(c) authorizes enhanced punish- ments for those who use a frearm in connection with a “crime of vio- lence” as defined in either § 924(c)(3)(A)—known as the elements clause—or § 924(c)(3)(B)—known as the residual clause. Before the District Court, the government argued that Taylor's Hobbs Act offense qualifed as a “crime of violence” under § 924(c).…
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