United States v. Felix
| United States v. Felix | |
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| Argued January 14, 1992 Decided March 25, 1992 |
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| Full case name | United States, Petitioner v. Frank Dennis Felix |
| Citations | 503 U.S. 378 (more)
112 S.Ct. 1377; 118 L.Ed.2d 25
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| Prior history | Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit |
| Holding | |
| The Double Jeopardy Clause does not bar Felix's prosecution on either the substantive drug offenses or the conspiracy charge. | |
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| Majority | Rehnquist, joined by White, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas |
| Concurrence | Stevens, joined by Blackmun |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. V | |
United States v. Felix, 503 U.S. 378 (1992), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which held that “a[n]…offense and a conspiracy to commit that offense are not the same offense for double jeopardy purposes.” The Supreme Court rejected the Tenth Circuit's reversal of Felix's conviction, finding that the Court of Appeals read the holding in Grady v. Corbin (1990) too broadly.
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