Denezpi v. United States

Denezpi v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 13, 2022
Full case name	Denezpi v. United States
Docket no.	20-7622
Citations	596 U.S. ___ ( more )
Holding
The double jeopardy clause does not bar successive prosecutions of distinct offenses arising from a single act, even if a single sovereign prosecutes them.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Clarence Thomas  · Stephen Breyer Samuel Alito  · Sonia Sotomayor Elena Kagan  · Neil Gorsuch Brett Kavanaugh  · Amy Coney Barrett
Case opinions
Majority	Barrett
Dissent	Gorsuch, joined by Sotomayor (in part), Kagan (in part)

Denezpi v. United States, 596 U.S. ___ (2022), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the double jeopardy clause does not bar successive prosecutions of distinct offenses arising from a single act, even if a single sovereign prosecutes them. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. Denezpi v. United States,No. 20-7622 , 596 U.S. ___(2022).
2. "Focusing on the meaning of "offense," a divided court throws salt on double jeopardy claim". SCOTUSblog. June 14, 2022. Retrieved October 31, 2024.

External links

• Text of Denezpi v. United States,No. 20-7622, 596 U.S. ___(2022) is available from: Justia

This article incorporates written opinion of a United States federal court. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the text is in the public domain .