United States v. Rodriquez

United States v. Rodriquez
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 15, 2008 Decided May 19, 2008
Full case name	United States v. Gino Gonzaga Rodriquez
Docket no.	06-1646
Citations	553 U.S. 377 (more) 128 S. Ct. 1783; 170 L. Ed. 2d 719
Case history
Prior	464 F.3d 1072 (9th Cir. 2006); cert. granted, 551 U.S. 1191 (2007).
Subsequent	471 F. App'x 727 (9th Cir. 2012); cert. denied, 568 U.S. 934 (2012).
Holding
A Washington state drug-trafficking conviction, for which the maximum term was 10 years under the state recidivist provision, qualifies as “a serious drug offense” under the Armed Career Criminal Act. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and remanded.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Antonin Scalia Anthony Kennedy · David Souter Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Case opinions
Majority	Alito, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer
Dissent	Souter, joined by Stevens, Ginsburg
Laws applied
18 U.S.C. § 924(e)

United States v. Rodriquez, 553 U.S. 377 (2008), was a United States Supreme Court case interpreting the Armed Career Criminal Act. Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the 6–3 majority, ruled that although the elements of a crime may not be considered "serious," sentence enhancements related to a defendant's prior record will bear on how the determination is made.