United States v. Tsarnaev
U.S. Supreme Court · decided March 4, 2022 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- March 4, 2022
- Term
- October Term 2021
- Vote
- 6–3
- Majority author
- Justice Thomas
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 595 U. S. Part 2 Pages 302–343 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT March 4, 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. Syllabus UNITED STATES v. TSARNAEV certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the rst circuit No. 20–443. Argued October 13, 2021—Decided March 4, 2022 On April 15, 2013, brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev planted and detonated two homemade pressure-cooker bombs near the fnish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three and wounding hundreds. Three days later, as investigators began to close in, the brothers fed. In the process, they murdered a Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus police offcer, carjacked a graduate student, and fought a street battle with police during which Dzhokhar inadvertently ran over and killed Tamerlan. Dzhokhar eventually abandoned the vehicle and hid in a covered boat being stored in a nearby backyard. He was arrested the following day. Dzhokhar was indicted for 30 crimes, including 17 capital offenses. To prepare for jury selection, the parties proposed a 100-question…
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