Quarles v. United States
| Quarles v. United States | |
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| Decided June 10, 2019 | |
| Full case name | Quarles v. United States |
| Docket no. | 17-778 |
| Citations | 587 U.S. ___ (more) |
| Holding | |
| When deciding whether a state law is broader than a crime within the scope of the Armed Career Criminals Act, the state law’s "exact definition or label" does not control. So long as the state law in question substantially corresponds to (or is narrower than) that crime, the conviction qualifies. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Kavanaugh, joined by unanimous |
| Concurrence | Thomas |
| Laws applied | |
| Armed Career Criminals Act | |
Quarles v. United States, 587 U.S. ___ (2019), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that, when deciding whether a state law is broader than a crime within the scope of the Armed Career Criminals Act, the state law’s "exact definition or label" does not control. So long as the state law in question substantially corresponds to (or is narrower than) that crime, the conviction qualifies.