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JONES v. UNITED STATES

No. 97-6203.

526 U.S. 227 (1999)

119 S.Ct. 1215

143 L.Ed.2d 311

JONES v. UNITED STATES

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 24, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Quin Denvir argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Francine Zepeda and John P. Balazs.

Edward C. DuMont argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Waxman, Assistant Attorney General Robinson, Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben, and Nina Goodman.*

Souter, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Stevens, Scalia, Thomas, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined. Stevens, J., p. 252, and Scalia, J., p. 253, filed concurring opinions. Kennedy, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and O'Connor and Breyer, JJ., joined, p. 254.

Justice Souter, delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case turns on whether the federal carjacking statute, 18 U. S. C. § 2119, as it was when petitioner was charged, defined three distinct offenses or a single crime with a choice of three maximum penalties, two of them dependent on sentencing factors exempt from the requirements of charge and jury verdict. We think the better reading is of three distinct offenses, particularly in light of the rule that any...

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