Dubin v. United States | |
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Argued February 27, 2023 Decided June 8, 2023 | |
Full case name | David Fox Dubin v. United States |
Docket no. | 22-10 |
Citations | 599 U.S. 110 (more) |
Argument | Oral argument |
Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
Case history | |
Prior | United States v. Dubin, 27 F.4th 1021 (5th Cir. 2021)(en banc), United States v. Dubin 982 F.3d 318 (5th Cir. 2020)., United States v. Dubin (No. 17-cr-00227-XR-2) (W.D. Tex. 2018) |
Questions presented | |
Whether a person commits aggravated identity theft any time he mentions or otherwise recites someone else's name while committing a predicate offense. | |
Holding | |
Under §1028A(a)(1), a defendant “uses” another person’s means of identification “in relation to” a predicate offense when the use is at the crux of what makes the conduct criminal. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Sotomayor, joined by Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Kagan, Kavanaugh, Barrett, Jackson |
Concurrence | Gorsuch (in judgment) |
Laws applied | |
18 U.S.C. § 1028A |
Dubin v. United States, 599 U.S. 110 (2023), was a United States Supreme Court case pertaining to a provision of Title 18 of the United States Code. In the case, the Court settled a circuit split regarding the reach of the federal aggravated identity theft statute.[1][failed verification]