Supreme Court of the United States

Johnson v. United States — Scalia, J., dissenting

May 15, 2000529 U.S. 694

Summary

Justice Scalia dissents from the Court's interpretation of 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e)(3), arguing that 'revoke' means to annul a term of supervised release, not to call it back while preserving it for later reimposition. He contends the statutory text does not authorize additional supervised release after revocation and imprisonment. Justices Kennedy and Thomas concurred in part or in the judgment, respectively.