Terry v. United States

Terry v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued May 4, 2021 Decided June 14, 2021
Full case name	Tarahrick Terry v. United States
Docket no.	20-5904
Citations	593 U.S. ___ (more) 141 S. Ct. 1858 210 L. Ed. 2d 108
Case history
Prior	United States v. Terry, No. 1:08-cr-20194, 2020 WL 8022235 (S.D. Fla. Jan. 27, 2020) Affirmed, 828 F. App'x 563 (11th Cir. 2020) Cert. granted, 141 S. Ct. 975 (2021)
Holding
A crack offender is eligible for a sentence reduction under the First Step Act only if convicted of a crack offense that triggered a mandatory minimum sentence.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Clarence Thomas · Stephen Breyer Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor Elena Kagan · Neil Gorsuch Brett Kavanaugh · Amy Coney Barrett
Case opinions
Majority	Thomas, joined by Roberts, Breyer, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett
Concurrence	Sotomayor (in part)
Laws applied
Fair Sentencing Act First Step Act

Terry v. United States, 593 U.S. ___ (2021), was a United States Supreme Court case dealing with retroactive changes to prison sentences for drug-possession crimes related to the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, its retroactive nature established by the First Step Act of 2018. In a unanimous judgement, the Court ruled that while the First Step Act does allow for retroactive considerations of sentence reductions for drug-possession crimes prior to 2010, this only covers those that were sentenced under minimum sentencing requirements.