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. 2022-06-14. Retrieved 2024-10-31.

External links

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

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