Honeycutt v. United States
Docket No. | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
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16-142 | Mar 29, 2017 | May 6, 2017 | 8-0 | Sotomayor | OT 2016 |
Holding: Because forfeiture pursuant to Section 853(a)(1) of the Comprehensive Forfeiture Act of 1984 is limited to property the defendant himself actually acquired as the result of the crime, that provision does not permit forfeiture with regard to Terry Honeycutt, who had no ownership interest in his brother's store and did not personally benefit from the illegal sales.
Judgment: Reversed, 8-0, in an opinion by Justice Sotomayor on May 6, 2017. Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
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- Argument analysis: A seemingly unanimous and unsurprising view that the statutory term obtained limits forfeiture (Rory Little, March 30, 2017)
- Argument preview: Can a conspiracy defendant be ordered to forfeit proceeds he never obtained? (Rory Little, March 22, 2017)
- Justices add drug forfeiture case to merits docket (Amy Howe, December 9, 2016)
- Petition of the day (Kate Howard, August 25, 2016)
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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07/29/2016 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 31, 2016) |
08/24/2016 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including September 30, 2016. |
09/19/2016 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including October 31, 2016. |
10/31/2016 | Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed. |
11/14/2016 | Reply of petitioner Terry Michael Honeycutt filed. |
11/15/2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 2, 2016. |
12/05/2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 9, 2016. |
12/09/2016 | Petition GRANTED. |
12/22/2016 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for petitioner. |
12/30/2016 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Terry Michael Honeycutt. |
01/09/2017 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent. |
01/23/2017 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED. |
01/23/2017 | Brief of petitioner Terry Michael Honeycutt filed. |
01/30/2017 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. |
02/03/2017 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 |
02/06/2017 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 6th Circuit. |
02/07/2017 | Record received from the U.S.C.A. 6th Circuit. The record is electronic and available on PACER. One restricted document also received. |
02/22/2017 | CIRCULATED. |
02/22/2017 | Brief of respondent United States filed. (Distributed) |
03/20/2017 | Reply of petitioner Terry Michael Honeycutt filed. (Distributed) |
03/29/2017 | Argued. For petitioner: Adam G. Unikowsky, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Brian H. Fletcher, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. |
06/05/2017 | Judgment REVERSED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which all other Members joined, except Gorsuch, J., who took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. |
07/07/2017 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |