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Tanner v. United States , 483 U.S. 107 (1987), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that juror testimony could not be used to discredit or overturn a jury verdict, even if the jury had been consuming copious amounts of alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine throughout the course of the trial.
Jones v. United States, 526 U.S. 227 (1999), is a United States Supreme Court case interpreting the federal carjacking statute, 18 U.S.C. § 2119, to set forth three distinct crimes, each with distinct elements. The Court drew this conclusion from the structure of the statute, under which two subsections provided for additional punishment if ...
Jones tried to seek relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, but was unsuccessful. The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that no provision of federal habeas law allowed for review of his revised Rehaif claim, as he had already filed his first habeas petition a decade earlier. Jones filed a petition for a writ of certiorari. [2]
United States v. Jones may refer to several Supreme Court cases: United States v. Jones, 109 U.S. 513 (1883), a case in which the Court outlined the requirements of the United States government when instituting the right of eminent domain; United States v. Jones, 119 U.S. 477 (1886) United States v. Jones, 121 U.S. 89 (1887) United States v.
Jones v. United States, 463 U.S. 354 (1983), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the court, for the first time, addressed whether the due process requirement of the Fourteenth Amendment allows defendants, who were found not guilty by reason of insanity (NGRI) of a misdemeanor crime, to be involuntarily confined to a mental institution until such times as they are no longer a danger ...
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the challenge to Virginia's so-called interdiction law can move forward. The court voted 8-7 to allow the lawsuit to proceed, finding that Virginia ...
Last week, the Supreme Court ruled that police officers could administer warrantless Breathalyzer tests to people suspected of driving drunk. The case, Birchfield v.North Dakota, effectively ...
Jones v. United States may refer to: United States Supreme Court cases: Jones v. United States, 48 U.S. 681 (1849) Jones v. United States, 85 U.S. 662 (1874) Jones v. United States, 96 U.S. 24 (1878) Jones v. United States, 137 U.S. 202 (1890), interpreting Guano Islands Act's stated criminal jurisdiction as constitutional; Jones v.