United States v. Felix

Infobox SCOTUS case
Litigants=United States v. Felix
ArgueDate=January 14
ArgueYear=1992
DecideDate=March 25
DecideYear=1992
FullName=United States, Petitioner v. Frank Dennis Felix
USVol=503
USPage=378
Citation=112 S.Ct. 1377; 118 L.Ed.2d 25
Prior=Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Subsequent=
Holding=The Double Jeopardy Clause does not bar Felix's prosecution on either the substantive drug offenses or the conspiracy charge.
SCOTUS=1991-1993
Majority=Rehnquist
JoinMajority=White, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas
Concurrence=Stevens
JoinConcurrence=Blackmun
LawsApplied=

"United States v. Felix", 503 U.S. 378 (1992), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which held that “a [n] …offense and a conspiracy to commit that offense are not the same offense for double jeopardy purposes.” The Supreme Court rejected the Tenth Circuit's of Felix's conviction, finding that the Court of Appeals read the holding in "Grady v. Corbin" (1990) too broadly.

ee also

*List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 503
*"Dowling v. United States" (1990)
*"United States v. Dixon" (1993)

Further reading

*cite journal |last=Donofrio |first=Anthony J. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1993 |month= |title=The Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment: The Supreme Court's Cursory Treatment of Underlying Conduct in Successive Prosecutions |journal=Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology |volume=83 |issue=4 |pages=773–803 |doi=10.2307/1143871 |url= |accessdate= |quote=
*cite journal |last=Shindala |first=C. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1992 |month= |title=Where Conspiracy To Commit a Crime Is Based on Previously Prosecuted Overt Acts, No Double Jeopardy Violation Exists |journal=Mississippi Law Journal |volume=62 |issue=1 |pages=229–243 |issn=00266280 |url= |accessdate= |quote=