Johnson v. United States (2000)

Not to be confused with United States v. Johnson (2000).

Johnson v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued February 22, 2000 Decided May 15, 2000
Full case name	Cornell Johnson v. United States
Citations	529 U.S. 694 (more) 120 S. Ct. 1795; 146 L. Ed. 2d 727; 2000 U.S. LEXIS 3135; 68 U.S.L.W. 4378; 2000 Cal. Daily Op. Service 3775; 2000 Daily Journal DAR 5043; 2000 Colo. J. C.A.R. 2679; 13 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 308
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Case opinions
Majority	Souter, joined by Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Ginsburg, Breyer; Kennedy (in part)
Concurrence	Kennedy (in part)
Concurrence	Thomas
Dissent	Scalia

Johnson v. United States, 529 U.S. 694 (2000), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the rights of those serving federal probation and supervised release were more clearly defined. The court ruled that "Although such violations often lead to reimprisonment, the violative conduct need not be criminal and need only be found by a judge under a preponderance of the evidence standard, not by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt."^[1][2]

An earlier case of the same name, 333 U.S. 10 (1948), held that a search warrant is always required unless there are exceptional circumstances.^[3]

References

1. Johnson v. United States, 529 U.S. 694, 700 (2000).
2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 8, 2010. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
3. Johnson v. United States, 333 U.S. 10 (1948).