Concepcion v. United States

Concepcion v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 19, 2022 Decided June 27, 2022
Full case name	Carlos Concepcion v. United States
Docket no.	20-1650
Citations	597 U.S. ___ (more) 2022 WL 2295029; 2022 U.S. LEXIS 3070
Argument	Oral argument
Holding
Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, 132 Stat. 5222, allows district courts to consider intervening changes of law or fact in exercising their discretion to reduce a 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	Sotomayor, joined by Thomas, Breyer, Kagan, Gorsuch
Dissent	Kavanaugh, joined by Roberts, Alito, Barrett
Laws applied
Fair Sentencing Act First Step Act

Concepcion v. United States, 597 U.S. ___ (2022), is a United States Supreme Court decision that concerns district courts' ability to consider changes of law or fact in exercising their discretion to reduce a sentence.^[1]