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United States v. Tsarnaev | |
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Decided March 4, 2022 | |
Full case name | United States v. Tsarnaev |
Docket no. | 20-443 |
Citations | 595 U.S. ___ (more) |
Holding | |
A defendant is entitled to an impartial panel of jurors, not necessarily a panel of jurors who know nothing about the case. Death sentence reinstated. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Thomas, joined by Roberts, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett |
Concurrence | Barrett, joined by Gorsuch |
Dissent | Breyer, joined by Sotomayor, Kagan (except part II-C) |
United States v. Tsarnaev, 595 U.S. ___ (2022), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a defendant is entitled to an impartial panel of jurors, not necessarily a panel of jurors who know nothing about the case. The decision reinstated Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence for his role in the Boston Marathon bombing.[1][2]