Lora v. United States | |
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Argued March 28, 2023 Decided June 16, 2023 | |
Full case name | Efrain Lora v. United States |
Docket no. | 22-49 |
Citations | 599 U.S. 453 (more) |
Argument | Oral argument |
Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
Questions presented | |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(l)(D)(ii), which provides that "no term of imprisonment imposed ... under this subsection shall run concurrently with any other term of imprisonment," is triggered when a defendant is convicted and sentenced under 18 U.S.C. § 924(j). | |
Holding | |
Section 924(c)(1)(D)(ii)’s bar on concurrent sentences does not govern a sentence for a §924(j) conviction. A §924(j) sentence therefore can run either concurrently with or consecutively to another sentence. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinion | |
Majority | Jackson, joined by unanimous |
Laws applied | |
18 U.S.C. § 924 |
Lora v. United States, 599 U.S. 453 (2023), was a United States Supreme Court case regarding Title 18 of the United States Code, the main federal criminal code of the United States. The Court held that a provision of one subsection of Title 18 barring concurrent sentences does not govern sentences pursuant to a different part of the same section.[1][2]