Smith v. United States (2013)

Smith v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 6, 2012 Decided January 9, 2013
Full case name	Smith v. United States
Docket no.	11-8976
Citations	568 U.S. 106 (more) 133 S. Ct. 714; 184 L. Ed. 2d 570
Argument	Oral argument
Case history
Prior	Motion to sever for trial granted, United States v. Gray, 173 F. Supp. 2d 1 (D.D.C. 2001); Order requiring defendants to wear stun belts during trial, United States v. Gray, 254 F. Supp. 2d 1 (D.D.C. 2002); Defendants convicted, motion for new trial denied, United States v. Gray, 292 F. Supp. 2d 71 (D.D.C. 2003) Affirmed sub nom., United States v. Moore, 651 F.3d 30 (D.C. Cir. 2011) Cert. granted sub nom., Smith v. United States, 567 U.S. 916 (2012).
Holding
9-0 in favor of United States. The burden of proof remains on the defendant to prove withdrawal from a conspiracy.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Case opinion
Majority	Written by Justice Scalia

Smith v. United States, 568 U.S. 106 (2013), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States of America.^[1] The case was argued on November 6, 2012, and decided on January 9, 2013.^[2]