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Supreme Court· 6/10/2019

Quarles v. United States

Citations

  • 587 U.S. 645
  • 139 S. Ct. 1872
  • 204 L. Ed. 2d 200
  • 2019 U.S. LEXIS 4027

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that “remaining-in burglary occurs when the defendant forms the intent to commit a crime at any time while unlawfully remaining in a building or structure”
  • explaining that generic burglary includes situations in which a “defendant forms the intent to commit a crime at any time while unlawfully remaining in a building or structure”
  • holding “generic remaining-in burglary occurs . . . when the defendant forms the intent to commit a crime at any time while unlawfully remaining in a building or structure”
  • noting that a definition of “burglary” that would eliminate many States’ burglary statutes from serving as a predicate offense under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e) (2018) would “defy common sense” and “defeat Congress’ stated objective”
  • explaining that, when ACCA was enacted, a majority of states “extend[ed] burglary to cover situations where a person enters a structure lawfully but stays unlawfully—for example, by remaining in a store after closing time without permission to do so”
  • avoiding an interpretation that would “eliminate[]” “many States’ burglary statutes … as predicate offenses under § 924(e)”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Brett Kavanaugh

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62 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

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