Supreme Court of the United States
Dean v. United States
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- Type
- Dissent
- Filed
- April 29, 2009
- Case
- Dean v. United States
- Case status
- Decided
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Justice Breyer, dissenting. For many of the reasons that Justice Stevens sets forth, I believe the statutory provision before us applies to intentional, but not to accidental, discharges of firearms. As Justice Stevens points out, this Court in Bailey v. United States, 516 U. S. 137, 148 (1995), held that simple possession of a firearm, without some type of “active employment,” such as “brandis…
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Other writings in this case
| Type | Author | Filed |
|---|---|---|
| Opinion | Not attributed | April 29, 2009 |
| Opinion of the Court | Not attributed | April 29, 2009 |