Legal Opinion
Honeycutt v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 5, 2017No. 16–142PublishedCited by 196 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sotomayor
A federal statute- 21 U.S.C. § 853 -mandates forfeiture of "any property constituting, or derived from, any proceeds the person obtained, directly or indirectly, as the result of" certain drug crimes. This case concerns how § 853 operates when two or more defendants act as part of a conspiracy. Specifically, the issue is whether, under § 853, a defendant may be held jointly and severally liable for property that his co-conspirator derived from the crime but that the defendant himself did not acquire. The Court holds that such liability is inconsistent with the statute's text and structure.
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2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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- The PalmyraSupreme Court of the United States · 1827
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3Cited by196 opinions
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