Concurrence Blackmun | End date 1993 | |
Full case name John Angus Smith, Petitioner v. United States Citations 508 U.S. 223 (more)
113 S. Ct. 2050; 124 L. Ed. 2d 138; 1993 U.S. LEXIS 3740; 61 U.S.L.W. 4503; 93 Cal. Daily Op. Service 3929; 93 Daily Journal DAR 6966; 7 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 326 Prior history On writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Majority O'Connor, joined by Rehnquist, White, Blackmun, Kennedy, Thomas Dissent Scalia, joined by Stevens, Souter Similar United States v Jones, United States v Miller, Katz v United States, Miller v California | ||
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Smith v. United States, 508 U.S. 223 (1993), is a United States Supreme Court case that held that the exchange of a gun for drugs constituted "use" of the firearm for purposes of a federal statute imposing penalties for "use" of a firearm "during and in relation to" a drug trafficking crime.
In Watson v. United States, 128 S.Ct. 697 (2007) the court later decided that a transaction in the opposite direction does not violate the same statute (i.e., Smith holds that one "uses" a gun by giving it in exchange for drugs, but Watson holds that one does not "use" a gun by receiving it in exchange for drugs).
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