Legal Opinion
Bousley v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 18, 1998No. 96-8516PublishedCited by 5,133 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rehnquist
Petitioner pleaded guilty to “using” a firearm in violation of 18 U. S. C. § 924(c)(1) in 1990. Five years later we held in Bailey v. United States, 516 U. S. 137, 144 (1995), that § 924(c)(1)’s “use” prong requires the Government to show “active employment of the firearm.” Petitioner meanwhile had sought collateral relief under 28 U. S. C. §2255, claiming that his guilty plea was not knowing and intelligent because he was misinformed by the District Court as to the nature of the charged crime. We hold that, although this claim was proeedurally defaulted, petitioner may be entitled to a…
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