Sykes v. United States

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
09-11311	7th Cir.	Jan 12, 2011	Jun 9, 2011	6-3	Kennedy	OT 2010

Holding: Using a vehicle while knowingly or intentionally fleeing from a law enforcement officer after being ordered to stop constitutes a violent felony, as proscribed by Indiana law, for purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e).

Judgment: Affirmed, 6-3, in an opinion by Justice Anthony Kennedy on June 9, 2011. Justice Scalia filed a dissenting opinion. Justice Kagan also filed a dissenting opinion, which Justice Ginsburg joined.

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Thursday's opinions in Plain English (Lisa Tucker, June 12, 2011)
January's arguments: In Plain English (Lisa Tucker, January 22, 2011)
Argument recap: Court debates which words matter most for applying the Armed Career Criminal Act (Douglas Berman, January 14, 2011)
Argument preview: Does fleeing the police in a car qualify as a violent felony to trigger the severe federal sentencing provisions of the Armed Career Criminal Act? (Adam Schlossman, January 9, 2011)

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