Hewitt v. United States
145 S. Ct. 1113 · Decided June 26, 2025 · Supreme Court of the United States
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At a glance
Hewitt v. United States was decided on June 26, 2025 by a vote of 5–4. The Court reversed the lower court's decision and remanded the case. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote the opinion of the Court. SCDB classifies its main issue as “Statutory construction of criminal laws, sentencing guidelines” in the Criminal Procedure area.
Read the opinion
- CourtListener (Free Law Project) — opinion text
- Supreme Court of the United States — slip opinions, October Term 2024
- Supreme Court of the United States — docket 23-1002
Case details
- Citations
- 145 S. Ct. 1113 · 220 L. Ed. 2d 414 · 2025 U.S. LEXIS 11
- Docket number
- 23-1002
- Decided
- June 26, 2025
- Argued
- January 13, 2025
- Court era
- Roberts Court
- Decision type
- Opinion of the Court (orally argued)
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome for petitioner
- The petitioning party received a favorable disposition
- Vote
- 5–4
- Majority opinion
- Ketanji Brown Jackson
- Opinion assigned by
- John G. Roberts Jr.
- How the case arrived
- Certiorari
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Legal provision
- 132 Stat. 5194
- Type of law
- Infrequently litigated statute
- Decision direction (SCDB)
- Liberal what this means
How the Justices voted
| Justice | Vote | Separate writing |
|---|---|---|
| Justice Clarence Thomas | Dissent | |
| Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. | Majority | |
| Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. | Dissent | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice Sonia Sotomayor | Majority | |
| Justice Elena Kagan | Majority | |
| Justice Neil M. Gorsuch | Majority | |
| Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh | Dissent | |
| Justice Amy Coney Barrett | Dissent | |
| Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson | Majority | Wrote an opinion |
Full case caption
Hewitt v. United States
SCDB identifiers: case 2024-024, docket 2024-024-01.
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