Smith v. United States

Smith v. United States

Argued March 23, 1993
Decided June 1, 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
Court membership
Chief Justice
William Rehnquist
Case opinions
Majority O'Connor, joined by Rehnquist, White, Blackmun, Kennedy, Thomas
Concurrence Blackmun
Dissent Scalia, joined by Stevens, Souter

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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