Daniels v. United States

Daniels v. United States
Argued January 8, 2001
Decided April 25, 2001
Full case nameDaniels, Petitioner, v. United States, Respondent
Citations532 U.S. 374 (more)
121 S. Ct. 1578; 149 L. Ed. 2d 590
Case history
PriorOn Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Holding
A federal defendant, sentenced under the Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984, may not challenge his federal sentence through a motion that his prior convictions were unconstitutionally obtained.
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
MajorityO'Connor, joined by Rehnquist, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas
ConcurrenceScalia
DissentSouter, joined by Stevens, Ginsburg
DissentBreyer
Laws applied
Armed Career Criminal Act

Daniels v. United States, 531 U.S. 374 (2001), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States involving the Armed Career Criminal Act. The Court ruled, in a 5–4 decision, that a defendant sentenced under that Act could not challenge previous convictions on appeal that were used to increase his new sentence.