| Wooden v. United States | |
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| Argued October 4, 2021 Decided March 7, 2022 | |
| Full case name | William Dale Wooden v. United States |
| Docket no. | 20-5279 |
| Citations | 595 U.S. ___ (more) |
| Holding | |
| Multiple criminal offenses arising from a single criminal episode do not occur on different "occasions" and thus count as only one prior conviction for purposes of ACCA | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Kagan, joined by Roberts, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kavanaugh; Thomas, Alito, Barrett (all but Part II–B) |
| Concurrence | Sotomayor |
| Concurrence | Kavanaugh |
| Concurrence | Barrett (in part and in judgment), joined by Thomas |
| Concurrence | Gorsuch (in judgment), joined by Sotomayor (Parts II, III, and IV) |
| Laws applied | |
| Armed Career Criminal Act | |
Wooden v. United States, 595 U.S. ___ (2022), was a Supreme Court of the United States case dealing with the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). In a unanimous decision, the court ruled that multiple criminal offenses that a person commits during a single criminal episode do not count as separate convictions when considering the number of prior convictions a criminal has under the ACCA.