Supreme Court of the United States
Begay v. United States
This writing
- Type
- Dissent
- Filed
- April 16, 2008
- Case
- Begay v. United States
- Case status
- Decided
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*155Justice Alito, with whom Justice Souter and Justice Thomas join, dissenting. The statutory provision at issue in this ease — the so-called “residual clause” of 18 U. S. C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(ii) — calls out for legislative clarification, and I am sympathetic to the result produced by the Court’s attempt to…
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Other writings in this case
| Type | Author | Filed |
|---|---|---|
| Opinion | Stephen Gerald Breyer | April 16, 2008 |
| Opinion of the Court | Not attributed | April 16, 2008 |
| Concurrence | Not attributed | April 16, 2008 |