Alleyne v. United States
- Decided
- June 17, 2013
- Docket
- 11-9335
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
Cited 5,868 timesNo negative treatment found in this library
What later courts said
- holding that “facts that increase mandatory minimum sentences must be submitted to the jury and found beyond a reasonable doubt” — United States v. Salvador Vera (2014)
- holding that, for Sixth Amendment purposes, a fact is an element of the offense only when it alters the available sentencing range — United States v. Ramírez-Negrón (2014)
- holding that "facts that increase mandatory minimum sentences must be submitted to the jury" and found beyond a reasonable doubt — Commonwealth v. Fields (2018)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
I
Petitioner Allen Ryan Alleyne and an accomplice devised a plan to rob a store manager as he drove the store's daily deposits to a local bank. By feigning car trouble, they tricked the manager to stop. Alleyne's accomplice approached the manager with a gun and demanded the store's deposits, which the manager surrendered. Alleyne was later charged with multiple federal offenses, including robbery affecting interstate commerce, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), and using or carrying a firearm in relation to a crime of violence, § 924(c)(1)(A). Section 924(c)(1)(A) provides, in relevant part, that anyone who "uses or carries a firearm" in relation to a "crime of violence" shall:
"(i) be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 5 years; *104"(ii) if the firearm is brandished, be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 7 years; and *2156"(iii) if the firearm is discharged, be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 10 years."
Statutes cited
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Alleyne v. United States, 570 U.S. 99 (2013)Read the full opinion
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