Dixon v. United States | |
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Argued April 25, 2006 Decided June 22, 2006 | |
Full case name | Keshia Currie Ashford Dixon v. United States |
Docket no. | 05-7053 |
Citations | 548 U.S. 1 (more) 126 S. Ct. 2437; 165 L. Ed. 2d 299 |
Case history | |
Prior | United States v. Dixon, 413 F.3d 520 (5th Cir. 2005); rehearing en banc denied, 163 F. App'x 351 (5th Cir. 2005); cert. granted, 546 U.S. 1135 (2006). |
Holding | |
A criminal defendant who claims to have acted under duress must prove the claim by a preponderance of the evidence. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Stevens, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito |
Concurrence | Kennedy |
Concurrence | Alito, joined by Scalia |
Dissent | Breyer, joined by Souter |
Laws applied | |
Due Process Clause, Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 |
Dixon v. United States, 548 U.S. 1 (2006), was a United States Supreme Court case concerning the level of proof required to establish the affirmative defense of duress in a federal criminal case.