United States v. Felix

United States v. Felix
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 14, 1992 Decided March 25, 1992
Full case name	United States, Petitioner v. Frank Dennis Felix
Citations	503 U.S. 378 (more) 112 S.Ct. 1377; 118 L. Ed. 2d 25; 1992 U.S. LEXIS 1954
Case history
Prior	Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Holding
The Double Jeopardy Clause does not bar Felix's prosecution on either the substantive drug offenses or the conspiracy charge.
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices Byron White · Harry Blackmun John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas
Case opinions
Majority	Rehnquist, joined by White, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas
Concurrence	Stevens, joined by Blackmun
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. V

United States v. Felix, 503 U.S. 378 (1992), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which held that "a[n]…offense and a conspiracy to commit that offense are not the same offense for double jeopardy purposes." The Supreme Court rejected the Tenth Circuit's reversal of Felix's conviction, finding that the Court of Appeals read the holding in Grady v. Corbin (1990) too broadly.